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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Consolation by Garry Disher (Text, November 2020) Few, if any, do outback crime consistently as well as Garry Disher. His Bitter Wash Road from 2013 is one of my all...
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Dead Letters by Michael Brissenden (Hachette, January 2021) One of the thrillers I am most keenly looking forward to in early 2021 is Dead Letters by Michael...
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Barry Award Winners 2020 The Winners of the 2020 Barry Awards were announced by the Editor of Deadly Pleasures magazine, George Easter, at a Virtual Presentation in...
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