BEST DEBUT CRIME NOVELS AND THRILLERS OF 2022
Debuts are the lifeblood of crime fiction. Without new authors and new ideas, the genre would become stale and boring. Every year we see an influx of new authors, and...
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THE YEAR’S BEST: MY FAVOURITE THRILLERS AND CRIME NOVELS OF 2022
March 2022 represented the fortieth anniversary of my career as a paid crime fiction and thriller reviewer. My first review, of Ted Allbeury’s The Secret...
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UNDER THE RADAR: SEVEN GOOD BOOKS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED IN 2022
Every year there are piles of books released with a fanfare of manufactured publicity by publishers, and certain reviewers, while other equally good books quietly find...
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HOLIDAY READING: NEW BOOKS BY ROBERT CRAIS, JANET EVANOVICH, JEFFERY DEAVER, LINCOLN CHILD, DAVID GILMAN and TIM WEAVER
With the Christmas and summer holidays quickly approaching, at least here in Australia, I thought I would look at some recent releases that would make for good beach...
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OCTOBER READING: LEE AND ANDREW CHILD, DAVID MARK AND MARY KELIIKOA
My October reading has been on the darker side, although it has been offset by the enjoyable audible version of Richard Osman’s The Bullet That Missed. Set out...
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HOLIDAY READING: MIKE RIPLEY, AVA GLASS, MAX TOMLINSON and DEANNA RAYBOURN
During my recent holiday I took advantage of the long flights and some quiet time to catch up on a number of books I have been meaning to read for some time and to...
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