by NRB | 17 Sep 2013 | Crime Scene |
Frank Swann PI moves through the wild and sometimes dangerous world of 1970s mining-boom-town Perth, and in the law courts of Sydney, Harry Curry rests his case. In Zero at the Bone, the second book in this series, Frank Swann has moved more sideways than on. Working...
by NRB | 23 May 2013 | Fiction |
No, it’s not OK to hit your wife: this coming of age story has a devastating heart. It’s summer, 1977, when 12-year-old Jake and his best friend Robbie meet Rory Macbeath, whose family have just moved from Glasgow to their suburban Adelaide street. Rory may not be...
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