The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin (Canongate) Often referred to as the ‘godfather of tartan noir’, William McIlvanney changed the face...
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Collage of some of the titles being released in September 2021 With two thirds of the year nearly over and Christmas looming, the rush of new releases is growing,...
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Sweet Jimmy by Bryan Brown (Allen & Unwin, 31 August 2021) My late August reading has been very mixed and has covered a range of locations from the mean streets of...
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Fuzz by Ed McBain (Pan, 1972) Before lockdown hit Canberra (again), I acquired an interesting batch of books which were tie-ins to various movies and a television show....
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My mid August reading has been dominated by three very different crime novels, all of which have intriguing premises at the core of their plots. Twenty Years Later by...
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Canberra Weekly, 22 July 2021 In last week’s Canberra Weekly, 22 July 2021, I reviewed three books to read over a cold winter’s night in Canberra. The...
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