On the evening of 28 February an enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Australian National University to hear Dervla McTiernan discuss her books about Galway detective...
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Canberra Weekly 9 April 2020 This week in the Canberra Weekly I review three enjoyable novels to read over the Easter long weekend. First up is Lucy Foley’s...
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The Unorthodox Corpse by Carter Brown (Horwitz, 1965) Horwitz were arguably the prime Australian publishers of paperbacks and pulp fiction in the 1950s and 60s....
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Recent review books: March 2020 After a slightly slow start to the year, the review books are now piling in at a scary rate! Of the pile on my floor, these look the...
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My column in today’s Canberra Weekly features books by two of Australia’s master crime writers, Peter Corris and Peter Temple, both of whom died in 2018....
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(The Red Hand by Peter Temple) Peter Temple died in 2018. The same year that another iconic Australian crime writer passed away, Peter Corris. Although not as prolific...
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