2020 Favourite Books 2020 was a difficult year for many, but on the crime fiction/thriller front it was an exceptionally good year. I read slightly more in 2020 than in...
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The Snow Thief by C J Carver (Right Nuisance, 2020) Every year there are piles of books released with a fanfare of manufactured publicity by publishers and certain...
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Doom Creek by Alan Carter (Fremantle, December 2020) Alan Carter’s Marlborough Man introduced former British policeman Nick Chester who moved to a remote part of...
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Bungendore Book Haul I was recently alerted to a closing down sale at a Retro and Emporium store in the nearby rural town of Bungendore (about 40 km from Canberra). I...
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Catch Me a Phoenix by Carter Brown (Horwitz, 1965) Robert McGinnis’ famous Good Girl Art covers are synonymous with the American Signet editions of the Carter Brown...
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Shore Leave by David Whish-Wilson (Fremantle Press, November 2020) David Whish-Wilson is one of the best purveyors of gritty, credible, hardboiled Australian crime...
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