THROWBACK THURSDAY: DRAGON STRIKE By Marshall Browne (1981)
Dragon Strike by Marshall Browne (Robert Hale, 1981) Marshall Browne won the Australian Ned Kelly Award For Best First Crime Novel for The Wooden Leg Of Inspector...
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THIS WEEK’S CANBERRA WEEKLY COLUMN: 20 FEBRUARY 2020
Canberra Weekly 20 February 2020 In this week’s Canberra Weekly column I review three new crime novels from around the world. Leading off the column is The...
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BARRY AWARD NOMINEES – 2020
The Editor of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, George Easter, has announced the Barry Award Nominees for 2020. The winners of this year’s Barry...
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THE NAMES OF THE DEAD by Kevin Wignall (Thomas and Mercer, 2020)
The Names Of The Dead by Kevin Wignall Kevin Wignall is an under-rated British author of spy novels. I have been a fan of his books for a long time now, although they...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: DANGER CIRCUIT by David Bower (Horwitz, 1963)
Danger Circuit by David Bower (Horwitz, 1963) Racing car dramas never reached the high levels of popularity in Australia that novels about hot rods and motorcycle gangs...
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FORECAST FRIDAY: TEN CRIME NOVELS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING IN 2020
The Dirty South by John Connolly 2020 promises to be another bumper year for crime and thriller readers, with a plethora of promising looking titles by established and...
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