2021 was a difficult year for many, but on the crime fiction/thriller front it was a very good year. As with 2020, I read slightly more in 2021 than in previous years,...
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Under The Radar Collage Every year there are piles of books released with a fanfare of manufactured publicity by publishers and certain reviewers, while other equally...
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Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer (A&U, 2021) Chris Hammer’s Treasure & Dirt is one of the stand out Australian crime novels of 2021. Set in the small...
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Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie (Harper Collins, 1 December 2021) Sarah Barrie’s novels have tended to be at the upper end of the romantic suspense genre, although she...
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The Russian Wife by Barry Maitland (Allen & Unwin, 30 November 2021) After a six year absence Barry Maitland returned in 2019 with a new novel, The Promised Land,...
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Had I But Groaned by Carter Brown (Signet, 1968) Robert McGinnis’ stylish ‘Good Girl Art’ covers are almost synonymous with the American editions of...
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