Small rural towns continue to be the crime centres of Australia, at least in terms of locally produced crime fiction. The enthusiasm of writers and publishers for...
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Welcome to the March 2025 update of things happening in Australian and New Zealand crime fiction. There are a couple of reviews, previews of forthcoming books and some...
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My March 2025 reading got off to a strong start with three very different crime novels set in Spain, rural Australia and a remote island off the coast of Scotland....
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Reunions are dangerous events in crime fiction, as these two new books by Bronwyn Rivers and Kate Alice Marshall clearly show. The Reunion by Bronwyn Rivers (Constable,...
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When The Deep Dark Bush Swallows You Whole by Geoff Parkes, (Penguin, 4 February 2025) There has been a dazzling array of good debut crime fiction coming out of New...
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2025 has gotten off to strong start for Australian crime fiction with a steady stream of books, most of which have been of very good quality. I have finished reading...
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