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MICHAEL BURGE Dirt Trap. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

MICHAEL BURGE Dirt Trap. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 24 Feb 2026 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Twenty years have passed since the brutal death of James Brandt’s beloved cousin. Will an inquiry into gay hate-crimes offer any resolution? In 2021 journalist Michael Burge released his first novel Tank Water, a coming-of-age thriller that tackled the issue of...
STUART EVERLY-WILSON The Maskeys. Reviewed by Catherine Pardey

STUART EVERLY-WILSON The Maskeys. Reviewed by Catherine Pardey

by NRB | 10 Dec 2025 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Set in a small Australian town dominated by a family of drug dealers, Stuart Everly-Wilson’s new novel is full of memorable characters. Possibly you’ve always been intrigued by the kind of people who feature prominently in Stuart Everly-Wilson’s The Maskeys, but never...
CHRIS FLYNN Orpheus Nine. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

CHRIS FLYNN Orpheus Nine. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 8 Apr 2025 | Fiction, SFF | 0 comments

The dystopian new novel from the author of Mammoth imagines a shocking, and ongoing, tragedy to explore grief, community, and anger.   Chris Flynn opens his new novel Orpheus Nine with a staggering, horrifying scene. At a children’s soccer game in Gattan, a small...
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...
CHRIS GILL Boy Fallen. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

CHRIS GILL Boy Fallen. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 22 Mar 2022 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 comments

Set in small-town New Zealand, Boy Fallen is beautifully written and elegantly plotted crime fiction. Auckland Detective Brooke Palmer returns to her home town of Taonga to support her best friend Lana when the body of Lana’s teenage son is found at the base of the...
EMILY MAGUIRE An Isolated Incident. Reviewed by Linda Funnell

EMILY MAGUIRE An Isolated Incident. Reviewed by Linda Funnell

by NRB | 7 Jun 2016 | Fiction | 0 comments

Emily Maguire combines a page-turner with a provocative reflection on violence against women. Emily Maguire’s latest novel tells the story of the aftermath of the murder of a young woman, aged-care worker Bella Michaels, in the little town of Strathdee, somewhere...
             

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