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Review: OUT OF THE ICE by Ann Turner
I imagine it’s thanks to her screen writing background that Ann Turner is a dab hand at depicting a strong sense of physical place in her novels. In this, her second standalone thriller, Turner takes...
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Review: GOODWOOD by Holly Throsby
Although the specific, eponymous town of Holly Throsby’s debut novel GOODWOOD does not exist in reality, her depiction of small town Australian life oozes the kind of authenticity that can only derive...
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The 2017 Davitt Award Winners Are…
Judges in this year’s Davitt Awards for crime writing by Australian women had to read nearly 100 books offering diversity of style, theme, sub-genre and audience catered for. Below are the shortlisted...
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The 2017 Ned Kelly Award Winners Are…
Judges on behalf of The Australian Crime Writers Association nominated shortlists in three categories for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards, winners of which were announced earlier tonight (1 September) in...
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Review: A DANGEROUS LANGUAGE by Sulari Gentill
A blogger I visit regularly recently posted their musings on a particular aspect of the attraction of old-fashioned detective novels which they summed up as a sort of ‘agreed artificiality’. Or, in...
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Review: FORCE OF NATURE by Jane Harper
I’m sure all authors wish for the kind of success Jane Harper had (indeed is still having) with her debut novel THE DRY but I imagine most would, at least fleetingly, think twice about wishes coming...
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Review: ON THE JAVA RIDGE by Jock Serong
This book almost doesn’t belong here on this blog devoted to Australian crime fiction but its author is Australian and the book is, in part, a thriller. And there are plenty of criminal acts depicted...
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Review: WIMMERA by Mark Brandi
Told in three parts WIMMERA focuses on two people. In the first part we meet Ben and Fab; best friends in their final year of primary school. In their small rural town they are left to their own...
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Review: TOO EASY by J.M. Green
TOO EASY is the second novel to feature sometimes self-deprecating, always amusing social worker Stella Hardy and proved the perfect start to my reading year. The combination of a plot depicting...
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Review: UNDER THE COLD BRIGHT LIGHTS by Garry Disher
Garry Disher’s latest novel is a standalone story (at least for now) set against the backdrop of greater Melbourne, occasionally stretching as far as Geelong. UNDER THE COLD BRIGHT LIGHTS opens in a...
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