Detective Sean Duffy returns in Rain Dogs, Book 5 in Adrian McKinty’s award-winning The Troubles series. Rain Dogs Synopsis It’s just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy: riot duty, heartbreak, cases he can solve but never get to…
The Tales by Trees books are a series of illustrated fairy tales for grown-ups. They combine fantasy, nature, wisdom, wonder and folklore into inspiring reading experiences. Each book is a fully self-contained story and does not require familiarity with the…
Deborah O’Brien’s The Rarest Thing was one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. The Rarest Thing Synopsis: A heartwarming new novel from the author of the bestselling Mr Chen’s Emporium It’s 1966, and a mountain pygmy possum – a species…
Wisdom Tree, a collection of 5 novellas from Australian author Nick Earls, published by Inkerman & Blunt. One of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016 Gotham (Wisdom Tree, Book 1) Synopsis: Bloomingdales, Na$ti Boy, his mother’s purse, the drugs sex and rock…
The Best of Adam Sharp is a novel about love, music and coming to terms with the past, from the author of the international bestseller The Rosie Project. The Best of Adam Sharp Synopsis On the cusp of fifty, Adam Sharp has…
Short reviews of the two most recent releases from Transit Lounge, the small Australian publisher that brought us A S Patric’s 2016 Miles Franklin Award-winning Black Rock White City. 5 Ways to be Famous Now Synopsis A glamorous ocean liner, inspired…
Jonathan Unleashed Review: A farcically funny New York romantic comedy novel by Meg Rosoff – think Must Love Dogs meets Devil Wears Prada. Jonathan Unleashed Synopsis Jonathan Trefoil’s boss is unhinged, his relationship baffling and his apartment just the wrong side…
Bad Blood Synopsis Freelance journalist Harry Hendrick is beginning to realise that you’re only as good as your last exclusive, and buzz doesn’t pay the bills, when he’s blackmailed by the police into investigating a series of bizarre suicides. Those investigations…
Joanna Cannon’s The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky, mysterious and utterly charming coming-of-age debut novel about two girls set in the 1970s. The Trouble With Goats and Sheep Synopsis England, 1976. Mrs. Creasy is missing and the Avenue…
Fates and Furies Synopsis: Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous,…
Girl Waits With Gun Synopsis : From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten, true story of one of the USA’s first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the…
How Happy To Be Synopsis : How Happy to Be captures the life of a disillusioned entertainment journalist as she heads into a downward spiral of ritual substance abuse and empty punditry. Along this path of self-destruction, her past on a West…
Camilla Lackberg’s The Ice Child (Erica Falck & Patrik Hedstrom #9) is a thrilling blend of family drama and shocking criminal investigation. Read my full review. The Ice Child Book Synopsis January, Fjällbacka. A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in…
Two titles with a travel theme – Ursula Bloom’s romantic fiction Wonder Cruise and Mr Snack and the Lady Water, a collection of travel essays from Brendan Shanahan. Wonder Cruise Synopsis Ann Clements is thirty-five and single, and believes nothing…
Part detective story, part brutal alternate history, Peter Tieryas’ United States of Japan is a stunning successor to Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. Read on for our full review. United States of Japan Book Synopsis Decades ago, Japan won…
Missing Synopsis Cass Lehman and Detective Ed Dyson #3 On any night, 1 person in 200 is homeless … Someone is targeting Adelaide’s homeless. Men are disappearing off the streets, and body parts are turning up in a local dump. Still…
