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GARRY DISHER Mischance Creek. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

GARRY DISHER Mischance Creek. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 21 Oct 2025 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Senior Constable Paul Hirschhausen and his small community are once again put to the test in the fifth of this outstanding rural noir series. Paul Hirsch is out and about on his huge, drought-ridden South Australian beat doing firearms audits. Checking that guns are...
NIKKI MOTTRAM Crows Nest. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

NIKKI MOTTRAM Crows Nest. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 28 Feb 2023 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

This latest offering of Australian rural noir contrasts urban and small-town sensibilities from the perspective of a child protection officer. Readers of Crows Nest will not be surprised to learn that author Nikki Mottram has an extensive background in child...
HOLLY THROSBY Clarke. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

HOLLY THROSBY Clarke. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

by NRB | 13 Dec 2022 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Holly Throsby’s third novel takes inspiration from a notorious real-life missing persons case. What would you do if you believed someone was a murderer? You don’t have proof, necessarily, but you have witnessed a series of events that seem to add up to an...
GARRY DISHER Consolation. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

GARRY DISHER Consolation. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 17 Feb 2022 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Australia’s leading writer of rural crime fiction, Garry Disher, has been quietly crafting an excellent series set in the dry wheatbelt of South Australia. This latest instalment won the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. There are three books now in the...
             

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