Atlantic Black is the latest novel from Miles Franklin award-winning author of Black Rock White City, A S Patric. Read my review. Atlantic Black Synopsis In this haunting new novel, Katerina Klova and her mother are crossing the Atlantic by ocean…
Too Easy is The Second Stella Hardy Novel from J M Green. Too Easy Synopsis: Wisecracking social worker Stella Hardy returns, and this time she’s battling outlaw bikie gangs, corrupt cops, and a powerful hunger for pani puri. On a stormy…
And Fire Came Down is Emma Viskic’s second novel in her internationally bestselling Caleb Zelic Thriller Series. And Fire Came Down Synopsis Deaf since early childhood, Caleb Zelic used to meet life head-on. Now he’s struggling just to get through the…
Bestselling author Kate Forsyth’s new novel Beauty in Thorns is a spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets. Beauty in Thorns Synopsis The Pre-Raphaelites were determined to liberate art and love from…
Lone Theils’ Fatal Crossing is a page-turner with real grit, substance and a fantastic heroine. Read my full review. Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime-Detective, Romance, Translation Fatal Crossing Book Synopsis When a picture of two Danish girls who disappeared on a boat bound for England in…
Our Tiny, Useless Hearts is Toni Jordan’s best novel yet. Love her fun and intelligent take on relationship fiction, comedic farce and satire. Read on for our full review of this must-read romantic comedy. Our Tiny, Useless Hearts Synopsis Henry has…
The holiday season has been the perfect opportunity for me to read a couple of short story collections that I’ve had on my wish list for ages, Nic Low’s Arms Race and Midge Raymond’s Forgetting English. Arms Race, and Other…
Heather Rose’ The Museum of Modern Love is a mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection – a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in…
Midge Raymond’s My Last Continent was one of our Top 10 International Reads of 2016. My Last Continent Synopsis: It is only at the end of the world — among the glacier mountains and frigid waters of Antarctica — where Deb…
Black Teeth, Zane Lovitt’s second novel, is a must-read for those who enjoy complex crime mysteries. Read on for our full review. Black Teeth Book Synopsis Jason Ginaff doesn’t get out much. Partly because of the anxiety, mainly because he works…
Jane Doe January is the searingly honest memoir from crime fiction author Emily Winslow, once a real-life victim of rape. Jane Doe January Synopsis My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice Emily Winslow was a young drama student at an…
Lynnette Lounsbury’s We Ate The Road Like Vultures was one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. We Ate The Road Like Vultures Synopsis: Lulu, a teenage Australian runaway on an unlikely mission, knows bullshit when she hears it and…
Christy Collins’ The End of Seeing is a must-read, but not an easy one. One of our Top Reads of 2016. Read on for our full review. The End of Seeing Synopsis: You saw something here – something that connects this town…
Gun Street Girl is Book 4 in Adrian McKinty’s award-winning Detective Sean Duffy Series and one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. Gun Street Girl Synopsis Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the…
That Devil’s Madness by Dominique Wilson ranks as one of my dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. That Devil’s Madness Synopsis In 1896 Louis and his father, seduced by the allure of North Africa, travel to Algeria in search of a…
I listened to the Northern Lights / Golden Compass audiobook. Adult or child, will adore Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy heroine Lyra Belacqua.
