TAKEN By Dinuka McKenzie (Harper Collins, February 2023)
Taken by Dinuka McKenzie (Harper Collins, February 2023) In my view, Dinuka McKenzie’s The Torrent was the outstanding Australian crime debut novel of 2022, and now she...
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AUSSIE CRIME 2023: Recent Australian Crime Novels To Read This Australia Day!
2022 was another stellar year for Australian crime fiction. Once again the overall quality of the books greatly impressed, especially given that some of my favourite...
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FEBRUARY FELONIES: NEW CRIME BOOKS TO READ IN FEBRUARY 2023
For crime and thriller readers 2023 has already gotten off to an enjoyable start with the release of some very good books in January. Fans of Australian crime fiction...
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JANUARY 2023 READING: PETER MAY, JO CALLAGHAN AND LOUISE CANDLISH
My early January 2023 reading has been dominated by three very different British crime novels by two veterans of the genre and a promising new author. A Winter Grave by...
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FORGOTTEN THRILLERS: CZECHMATE By David Brierley (1984)
Czechmate by David Brierley (Collins, 1984) In recent discussions with the doyen of classic British spy novels and thrillers, Mike Ripley, I discovered that David...
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