Crime Scene: PETER MAY The Lewis Man
Secrets literally buried in the past come to light in this evocative mystery. This is the second novel in the ‘Lewis trilogy’, featuring Fin MacLeod as the detective...
Read MoreNICOLE WATSON The Boundary
Murder, dispossession and revenge fuel this passionate debut. It may have a body on the first page, but The Boundary is no ordinary crime novel. Yes, there is a...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on writing endorsements
From time to time writers are asked to give endorsements for forthcoming books. These are called straplines in the trade. You know the sort of thing: ‘This out-swashes...
Read MoreCrime Scene: Jean Bedford on Georgette Heyer’s crime novels
‘[Heyer is] a superlatively good writer of honourable escape.’ A S Byatt As a teenager, I devoured all of Georgette Heyer’s historical novels. These Old...
Read MoreMARGO LANAGAN Sea Hearts. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
A vibrant and imaginative fable of magic and tragedy. Sea hearts are a type of shellfish that children gather for their mothers along the blustery shores of Rollrock...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on Publishing Non-fiction
Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings is the first non-fiction book (not counting a few ‘as told to’ autobiographies and some co-edited anthologies)...
Read MoreCrime Scene: BELINDA BAUER Finders Keepers
Crime and mayhem in a small village on the moors. Belinda Bauer’s first crime novel, Blacklands (2010), won the Crime Writers Association (UK) Gold Dagger Award. It was...
Read MoreROSALIE HAM There Should Be More Dancing. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
This new novel from the author of The Dressmaker features a cross-stitching cross-patch and swings between comedy and pathos. Thousands of fans embraced Rosalie Ham’s...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on Lee Child
Patrick Gallagher, the publisher at Allen & Unwin Australia, asked me some time ago if I’d ever thought of writing a novel à la Lee Child. I had to admit I hadn’t...
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