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Book Summary Author: Lisa Unger Publisher: Bantam Review By: Tanya King Book Synopsis: Die for You is Unger’s fourth stand-alone novel. Having only read Black Out, a clear theme across these two novels seems to be that of a mysterious past coming back to haunt the present, with not everyone appearing as they seem. In Die for You, …
Book Summary Author: P.M. Newton Publisher: Penguin Viking Copyright Year: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-670-07451-8 No of Pages: 363 Review By: Karen Chisholm Book Synopsis: Sydney, 1992. Nhu ‘Ned’ Kelly is a young detective making her way in what was, until recently, the best police force money could buy. Now ICAC has the infamous Roger Rogerson in the spotlight, and the old ways are …
Author: Louisa Bennet (aka LA Larkin) Publisher: Avon Copyright Year: 2015 Review By: Sandra Nicholson Book Synopsis: You might think that dogs can’t understand us…but you’d be wrong. Apart from his obsession with cheese, Monty is actually a very clever animal. So when his beloved master is murdered, Monty decides to use his formidable nose …
Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Copyright Year: 2015 Review By: Ann Byrne Book Synopsis: “Give the Devil His Due”, the 7th novel in the Rowland Sinclair Mystery Series, begins with a piece of 1927 news from the Richmond River Express and the Casino Kyogle Advertise on the Moroubra Speedway. A concrete bowl race track that despite the banks being …
Author: Tara Moss Publisher: Harper Collins Review By: Ann Byrne Book Synopsis: Siren is the fifth of the series, Fetish, Split, Cover and Hit, with PI Makedde (Mak) Vanderwall, the beautiful, streetwise motorbike riding daughter of a cop. Mak begins this adventure with a ride from Canberra to Sydney, “With her slender, leather gloved hand, she gripped the throttle …
Author: Helene Young Publisher: Hachette Copyright Year: 2011 ISBN: 978 0 7336 2490 2 (pbk) Review By: Yvonne Smith Book Synopsis: Helene Young has set her novel in North Queensland. Captain Morgan Pentland is a feisty pilot in the Border Watch fleet covering the “top end” . Tightly held views stemming from memories of her difficult childhood and through a series …
Author: Katherine Howell Publisher: Pan MacMillan Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Ruth Wykes Book Synopsis: In Murder in Suburbia true-crime author Emily Webb has investigated a number of cases that most people won’t have heard about. Emily Webb has tackled some of the most bizarre crimes in Australia, those that leave investigators scratching their heads. As the title suggests, most …
Author: Katherine Howell Publisher: Pan MacMillan Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Ruth Wykes Book Synopsis: Deserving Death is the seventh in Katherine Howell’s series of Detective Ella Marconi books. For those unfamiliar with the series, Katherine writes about paramedics, and the crimes they encounter –and sometimes create. Deserving Death opens with the disappearance of a young, female paramedic, the second …
Author: Josephine Pennicott Publisher: Pan MacMillan Australia Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Diana Olsberg Book Synopsis: This is an enchanting book. Enchanting because of the wonderfully detailed descriptions of life in Sydney and in the nearby Blue Mountains immediately following the end of World War II. But also enchanting because of the carefully unfolding mysteries of the extraordinarily engaging characters …
Author: Felicity Young Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 978 0 7322 9802 9 Review By: Lesley Vick Book Synopsis: The Scent of Murder, the third book in the historical mystery series involving autopsy surgeon Dr Dody McClelland, is a fascinating exploration of the period as well as a very satisfying crime plot. Set in the time of the suffragist movement there …