Balefire by Kenneth Goddard When I reviewed Balefire by Kenneth Goddard back in late 1983 I said that it was a “gripping thriller, guaranteed to keep you reading...
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Canberra Weekly 16 May 2019 This week’s review is of Amanda Hampson’s Sixty Summers, a romance/friendship novel about friends, love, lost opportunities and...
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Black Slaver by Clint Rockman (NEL, 1972) Plantation pulp was a weird, popular sub-genre championed by many publishers in the 1970s (see my earlier post on Chane’s...
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First Tracks by Catherine O’Connell I really wanted to enjoy this Aspen based crime novel, but its uneven pacing made it hard to get into. The story opens...
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State of Fear by Tim Ayliffe Each Friday I forecast a book that I am looking forward to reading and reviewing. This week it is State of Fear by Sydney journalist Tim...
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