THIS WEEK’S CANBERRA WEEKLY COLUMN: 10 OCTOBER 2019, Tess Gerritsen, Chris Hammer and Anne Brinsden

In this week’s Canberra Weekly I review a paranormal suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen, Chris Hammer’s follow up to Scrublands and a heartwarming debut novel by Melbourne author Anne Brinsden

Chris Hammer’s Scrublands was one of the stand-out Australian crime novels of 2019. His follow-up novel, Silver, may not be quite as good, but it is still a spectacularly realised piece of epic Australian crime fiction. I have posted a longer review of it at
https://murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/silver-by-chris-hammer-allen-unwin-32-99/

Tess Gerritsen bravely leaves her regular Rizzoli and Isles series behind and heads off in the direction of paranormal romance and suspense with The Shape Of Night. I have to admit to enjoying it far more than I thought I would! See my longer review at
https://murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/the-shape-of-night-by-tess-gerritsen-bantam-a32-99-released-australia-1-october-2019/

Finally, Anne Brinsden makes a strong debut with her heartfelt novel about a woman who is out of place on a Victorian Mallee farm in the 1950s and 60s, Wearing Paper Dresses. Fans of Australian outback fiction will enjoy this one.