FORGOTTEN THRILLERS: THE BENGALI INHERITANCE By Owen Sela
The Bengali Inheritance by Owen Sela (Coronet, 1976) Owen Sela is now largely unknown to modern spy fiction readers, although there is a small group who remember his...
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CANBERRA WEEKLY 1 JUNE 2023: THRILLING FICTION AND THE EAGLES
This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed two thrilling new novels by T. J. Newman and Jo Nesbo, and Mick Wall’s fascinating book about the Eagles and the LA...
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SERIAL KILLERS, MOBSTERS, 1920s MELBOURNE AND A DROWNING PLANE: New Crime Fiction from T. J. Newman, Jo Nesbo, James Comey and Laraine Stephens
My late May reading has been very mixed, and has ranged from historical mystery to a serial killer thriller to a courtroom drama and an exciting rescue novel about a...
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CANBERRA WEEKLY: 25 MAY 2023 – NEW AUSTRALIAN CRIME FICTION
This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed three new Australian crime novels, including two which are on my list of the year’s best crime novels. The Rush by...
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AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK NOIR: NEW BOOKS BY MICHAEL TRANT, DARCY TINDALE AND MARGARET HICKEY
Jane Harper was not the first Australian author to write outback crime novels, but she was certainly instrumental in establishing it as one of the most popular forms of...
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