British crime fiction gets off to a strong start in 2026 with three very different, but engaging, crime novels by Nicci French, M. K. Oliver and Paul Finch. A...
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Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe (Echo, 6 January 2026) Australian crime fiction gets off to a strong start in 2026 with Tim Ayliffe’s outstanding Dark Desert...
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Frame-Up by Andrew Garve (Pan, 1972) Paul Winterton wrote over forty thrillers and crime novels, mainly under the pseudonym of Andrew Garve, from the early 1950s...
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The end of the year is rapidly approaching and I have been trying to catch up on some books that I missed earlier in the year, plus a seasonal short story by the...
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The middle Long Dog assistant, Layla, had to go in for spinal surgery last week for Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD). It was a worrying time, but the good news is...
Read MoreThis week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed crime novels by two relatively new Australia crime authors, Pip Drysdale and Patricia Wolf. The Close-Up by...
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