Pickings have been a little slim lately, but thanks to friends I have acquired some nice pulpy Australian titles from the 1950s through to the early 1970s and a couple...
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There has been no shortage of good British crime fiction so far in 2023, with enjoyable new books from Sam Holland, Mark Billingham and Louise Candlish, to name a few....
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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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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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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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