• Home
  • About NRB
    • Who we are
    • What we do
    • Get the books
    • Quoting from NRB
    • Contribute
    • Get reviewed
    • Support the NRB
  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
  • Crime Scene
  • SFF
  • Giveaways
  • Extracts
  • Flashback Friday
  • The Godfather
  • Contact
JUNE WRIGHT Mother Paul series. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

JUNE WRIGHT Mother Paul series. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 6 Dec 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction, Flashback Friday | 0 comments

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...
Crime Scene: JUNE WRIGHT. An appreciation by Karen Chisholm

Crime Scene: JUNE WRIGHT. An appreciation by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 26 May 2015 | Crime Scene | 2 comments

June Wright is one of the early writers who forged a way for the current vibrant Australian crime fiction scene.  Unfortunately the crime novels of June Wright have been largely forgotten and unavailable for many years. That situation is now being rectified,...
             

Subscribe

Add your email address and we'll be in touch when new reviews are published.

Support NRB

Help us keep the Newtown Review of Books a free and independent site for book reviews.
Click to Donate

Abbey's Bookstore

Sister Kate by Jean Bedford.

Recent Posts

  • 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
    6 December 2024
    June Wright has faded from view, but in 1948 her novel Murder in the Telephone [ … ]
  • 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
    5 December 2024
    This new novel from the author of Mayflies is set in London, but Glasgow is [ … ]
  • 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
    3 December 2024
    Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and [ … ]
  • 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
    28 November 2024
    Argentinian writer Marina Yuszczuk puts her twist on the vampire novel in [ … ]
  • NRB Home
  • About the NRB
  • Support the NRB
  • Contribute
  • Get Reviewed
  • A-Z
  • Contact
© 2012 - 2024 Newtown Review of Books / ABN 99 488 002 007 / Manage / Site by Leumesin Design