4+ Stars

Doom Creek by Alan Carter, Review: Crime fiction with guts

Death Leaves the Station, Review: Thorpe’s vintage mystery

Rural Dreams by Margaret Hickey, Review: Poignancy

The Two Lost Mountains by Matthew Reilly, Review: Audacious

The Burning Island by Jock Serong, Review: Engrossing prose

S.L. Lim on Revenge: Murder in Three Parts, plus Book Review

The Doctor of Aleppo by Dan Mayland, Review: Confronting thriller

The Last Lions of Africa by Anthony Ham, Review: Majestic peril

A Theatre for Dreamers, Review: Haunting mercurial artistry

MI5 and Me by Charlotte Bingham, Review: Sly comic memoir

To The Lions: Holly Watt takes no prisoners in Dagger winner

Alison Booth’s The Philosopher’s Daughters: Inquiring historical fiction

The Origin of Me by Bernard Gallate, Book Review: Quirky charm

The Watermill by Arnold Zable, Review: Moving stories of resilience