by NRB | 3 Dec 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction |
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...
by NRB | 12 Mar 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction |
The new novel from the author of The Spiral and The Student delivers a noir excursion into the underbelly of the Gold Coast in the 1980s. Steeped in corruption, incompetence, and alcohol, 1980s Queensland seems like the perfect setting for a distinctly Australian...
by NRB | 19 Apr 2021 | Giveaways |
Welcome to our new series of autumn giveaways! To go in the draw to win this great bundle of books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 1′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Monday 19...
by NRB | 18 Feb 2021 | Crime Scene, Fiction |
Inventive and brutal, there are good reasons why Iain Ryan’s third novel is being talked about. It’s fair to say that thrillers come at the reader of Australian fiction at a pretty hefty rate, and it’s hard to avoid some familiar story elements, e.g....
by NRB | 16 Nov 2017 | Crime Scene |
The Student is fast-paced, dry as dust, gritty Australian regional noir. The Student is set around a university campus in Gatton, Queensland, in 1994. Nat is a student dealing weed supplied by Jesse, another student and friend. Between them they have a very good...
by NRB | 4 Oct 2017 | Giveaways |
Ah, spring … Forget your hayfever and revel in these four great titles. To go in the draw to win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #1’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Thursday 5...
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