This latest book by Barry Maitland is extremely well crafted, written and plotted, with many surprising twists upon the way. The shifting between characters and locations is excellently handled.It is a great page turner you anxiously want to find out …
Christos Tsiolkas, the author of 7 ½ says “Art is not only about rage and justice and politics. It is also about pleasure and joy; it is also about beauty…In a time of rage and confusion, I wanted to …
She was ‘amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle’. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends were either in disgrace or favour, a butt or a …
A girl who transforms into a dog, a magic puppet show with the power to change lives and a story about the mysteries of the imagination, that’s what is in store for readers of Ursula Dubosarsky’s Latest work ‘Pierre’s Not …
A most thrilling, exciting adventure for all of us who are Phryne Fisher fans.
Eagerly anticipated this is the first Phryne Fisher mystery since 2013. (Not forgetting the TV series and the film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears). …
This is a large-format, high production value book , written by Peter Pinne and Peter Wyllie Johnston .Lavishly illustrated with both black and white and colour photographs as well as vibrant graphic design, The Australian Musical takes an incredibly detailed …
Emily O’Grady is the recipient of the Australian/Vogel’s literary award 2018 for her debut crime novel – THE YELLOW HOUSE -which will have readers on the edge of their seats, and demonstrates clear and telling insights into the human condition.…
Devoured in one sitting is an exaggeration but HANGMAN is certainly an accomplished and compulsive thriller that kept my appetite to return to its banquet of kidnapping and bloody murder.
Richer than Reacher, HANGMAN’s protagonist is a literary kin to …
The Late Show is LAPD parlance for the night shift and it’s been appropriated as the title of Michael Connelly’s latest thriller.
Eschewing Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller his seemingly perennial serial protagonists, Connelly has created a new lead character, …
It was more than a bit of a challenge when I was requested to write a review of a book written by an eminent and esteemed critic, academic, best selling author and a person who is the Sydney Morning …