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WRIGHT THOMPSON The Barn: The murder of Emmett Till and the cradle of American racism. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

WRIGHT THOMPSON The Barn: The murder of Emmett Till and the cradle of American racism. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 10 Feb 2026 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Wright Thompson’s account of the 1950s murder of a Black teenager in Mississippi is also a reckoning with the history of his own family.  Wright Thompson was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in September 1976, about 35 kilometres from the barn in Drew where Emmett...
CLAIRE SUTHERLAND The Crag. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

CLAIRE SUTHERLAND The Crag. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 10 Sep 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

In Claire Sutherland’s debut crime novel, a body is found on an isolated track on the Wimmera Plains, where Mount Arapiles towers over all. Anybody who has ever spent any time in the Wimmera around Gariwerd (the Grampians) in Victoria will know how striking the...
AOIFE CLIFFORD It Takes A Town. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

AOIFE CLIFFORD It Takes A Town. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 18 Apr 2024 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

In Aoife Clifford’s third novel, the death of a local celebrity brings two old schoolmates together to answer some troubling questions. In a small town, news spreads, and in this particular small town – Welcome by name, though not always by nature – glamorous Vanessa...
RENÉE Blood Matters. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

RENÉE Blood Matters. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 7 Sep 2023 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Steeped in a sense of culture, people and place, Blood Matters is crime fiction set at the heart of a family and community. Author Renée is a towering figure in New Zealand. A legendary playwright, novelist and activist, Renée is of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu), Irish,...
IMRAN MAHMOOD I Know What I Saw. Reviewed by Ann Skea

IMRAN MAHMOOD I Know What I Saw. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 17 Aug 2021 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 2 comments

The new crime novel from the author of You Don’t Know Me explores the life of a London street-dweller in a confounding situation. What can you do if you witnessed a murder but the police will not believe you? They have no report of anyone missing, they haven’t...
             

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