Image of cover of book Reservation for Murder by June Wright discussed by Karen Chisholm in her review of Wright’s Mother Paul series in the Newtown Review of Books.

JUNE WRIGHT Mother Paul series. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

June Wright has faded from view, but in 1948 her novel Murder in the Telephone Exchange outstripped sales of Agatha Christie in Australia. Between 1948 and 1966, Australian author June Wright published six mystery books, raised six children, and maintained a marriage...
Image of cover of book Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan reviewed by Catherine Pardey in the Newtown Review of Books.

ANDREW O’HAGAN Caledonian Road. Reviewed by Catherine Pardey

This new novel from the author of Mayflies is set in London, but Glasgow is never far away. Andrew O’Hagan is again drawing upon his Glaswegian background for Caledonian Road, with characters who are slightly similar and far more sinister than those in his previous...
Image of cover of book The Dream by Iain Ryan reviewed by Ben Ford Smith in the Newtown Review of Books.

IAIN RYAN The Dream. Reviewed by Ben Ford Smith

Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and the tentacles of corruption that captured police and politicians. The Gold Coast, 1982: Queensland is deep in recession and mired in corruption reaching from the premier all the way down to...
Image of cover of book Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

MARINA YUSZCZUK Thirst. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Argentinian writer Marina Yuszczuk puts her twist on the vampire novel in Thirst, set amid Buenos Aires’ oldest cemetery. There’s something defiant about how she doesn’t look away when I fix my eyes on her. Her dark hair is a long, tangled mess; she looks like a bag...
Image of cover of book The Chairman’s Lounge by Joe Aston reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books.

JOE ASTON The Chairman’s Lounge. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

There’s more to Joe Aston’s book about Australia's national carrier Qantas than access to a luxury airport lounge. From 2011 to 2023, Joe Aston wrote the highly entertaining ‘Rear Window’ column for The Australian Financial Review, and delighted in exposing the hubris...

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