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KATE KEMP The Grapevine. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

KATE KEMP The Grapevine. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

by NRB | 13 Mar 2025 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Psychologist Kate Kemp’s debut novel opens with blood spatters and goes on to unravel the secrets of a suburban street in 1970s Australia. The time is 1979. The place (namely Warrah Place) is suburban Canberra. It’s summer and the heat is oppressive, disrupting the...
JILL JOHNSON Devil’s Breath. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

JILL JOHNSON Devil’s Breath. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 7 May 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Devil’s Breath is the first novel in a new crime series built around a neurodivergent professor of botanical toxicology, Eustacia Rose. Eustacia Rose is currently ‘separated’ from her position at a university, disgraced after an incident in her laboratory. She...
BENJAMIN STEVENSON Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

BENJAMIN STEVENSON Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 6 Feb 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Benjamin Stevenson’s sharp eye and love of the crime genre are on display in this follow-up to Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. After the success of his last novel Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson has returned with a sequel of...
REBECCA MAKKAI I Have Some Questions for You. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

REBECCA MAKKAI I Have Some Questions for You. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 16 Mar 2023 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Rebecca Makkai’s fourth novel examines our obsession with true crime – and where that can lead. True crime and true crime podcasts are having a moment, not only in the real world but also in fiction. However, in fiction, writers can start to get behind the...
KIRSTY MANNING The Paris Mystery. Reviewed by Ann Skea

KIRSTY MANNING The Paris Mystery. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 8 Sep 2022 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

The glamour of prewar Paris is the backdrop to a murder in this new novel from the author of The Lost Jewels. Drums rolled. The orchestra struck opening chords as the elegant hostess, Lady Eleanor Ashworth, stepped into the spotlight dressed in a black tulle Chanel...
             

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