Highlights from week ending 21st Sept are the intentionally very slow savouring of Gunnawah (advance order it / you'll not be sorry), and reviewing Kill Yours, Kill Mine and Southern Aurora.
... great fearlessness - he isn't afraid to assault the reader with emotion and reaction. He always makes you think though, always makes you consider the story behind the facades that we see every day, and all too often, choose to ignore.
... more than KILL YOURS, KILL MINE (aka SEVEN SISTERS) playing into any wish fulfilment you might have, it's cleverly constructed, fast paced, bravely plotted crime fiction with twists and turns, and a kicker ending. Utterly compelling reading.
In other great news Verse Chorus will be publishing a series of short stories by Mary Fortune in Feb, titled "Nothing But Murders and Bloodshed and Hanging"
Timed to coincide with the release of a biography "Outrageous Fortune" Lucy Sussex, one of the editors of this collection, is an expert on Fortune & her life, much of which was spent on the Victorian Goldfields the setting for a lot of her fiction.
There's a lot going on in THE CALL, all of which slots together seamlessly, creating a tense, fast-paced and very engaging storyline full of action, drama, a bit of romance, some clarification of the past, and doubt about the future.
Last week on AustCrime, the highlights were many - reviewing Hitwoman's Guide and Double Jeopardy, and reading The Call (which is a really good debut) are top of the list.
I love these "celebrate the joy of reading threads" so I'm going to go with a twist of my own, and stick to the #AusCrime / #YeahNoir themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons.
I love these "celebrate the joy of reading threads" so I'm going to go with a twist of my own, and stick to the #AusCrime / #YeahNoir themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons.
I love these "celebrate the joy of reading threads" so I'm going to go with a twist of my own, and stick to the #AusCrime / #YeahNoir themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons.
I interviewed Brooke Hardwick about her debut crime thriller, The Fog, for Sisters in Crime. A fabulous and fascinating book, and I enjoyed drilling into the spoiler-free details of its making!
If you are attending this year's #Bouchercon#crimefiction conference, be sure to check out our panel on international #thrillers / #mysteries, featuring Jeffrey Sigar, M.A. Monnin, Ragnar Jonasson, Pip Drysdale and Kelly Oliver.
... action laden reading, with good non-stereotypical characters, and a plot that's delivered with realism and touches of dark humour, and an ending that will make readers sit up and pay attention. Now we just have to hope that the next novel shows up before we're all too old to remember this one coming out!
You know the type - small time crims / druggies / fringe dwelling bikers who cause havoc. ... Turns out the law catching up with them might have been their only way to survive.
Highlights were The Crag and adding a few really interesting new books to the list. The surprise of the week is Every Time I Go on Vacation Somebody Dies (did not expect to enjoy this as much as I am).
Thrillers in style, but with extreme violence & threat, both THE HUNTED & THE INHERITANCE aren't comfortable reading / listening. But Maggie's a wonderful character, resilient, strong & slightly on the super-human side of physical capability. For her alone it was well worth sticking with them.
Right up front - I fell over this series via the library, loving the first I read so much so, that I reserved the second available immediately and read it as soon as it arrived.