LOCKDOWN by Peter May (Riverrun)
Lockdown by Peter May (Riverrun, April 2020) Peter May’s Lockdown, like Richard Hugo’s The Hitler Diaries from several years ago, is one of those rare cases...
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THIS WEEK’S CANBERRA WEEKLY COLUMN: 7 MAY 2020
Canberra Weekly 7 May 2020 This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed three tales of suspense and betrayal by British authors. Two of them were by debut authors who...
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CRIMINALLY GOOD ISOLATION READS: SOME RECENT READING DURING LOCKDOWN
Find Them Dead by Peter James (Macmillan, May 2020) One of the few advantages of being in lockdown, is that the number of books I am reading has dramatically increased....
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THE LIZARD By Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Muswell Press)
The Lizard by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Muswell Press, April 2020) With winter beginning to bite here in Canberra, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart’s The Lizard is a great way...
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SEVEN LIES by Elizabeth Kay (Sphere)
Seven Lies by Elizabeth Kay (Sphere, April 2020) Elizabeth Kay’s Seven Lies has arrived amidst a whirl of publicity and claims of being one of the year’s...
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FORECAST FRIDAY: TEN NEW CRIME NOVELS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 2020
New Releases 2020 has already seen a string of good releases, such as Dominic Nolan’s After Dark and Dervla McTiernan’s The Good Turn, and the promise of...
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