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Reads a bit of crime fiction, works in #iso27001

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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (15th of 20)





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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.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-21st-september








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Bit on at the moment:

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Reservation for Murder, June Wright

Gunnawah, Ronni Salt

Don't Eat Me, Colin Cotterill

The Chancellor, Kati Marton

I don't know why, with 100's of books here I haven't read, I even set foot in the library, yet here we are...

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-19th-september







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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (13th of 20)





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Review - Southern Aurora by Mark Brandi

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/southern-aurora-mark-brandi

... 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.







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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (12th of 20)





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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (11th of 20)





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Review: Kill Yours, Kill Mine by Katherine Kovacic

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/kill-yours-kill-mine-katherine-kovacic

... 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.






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Reading this summary of Ronni Salt’s debut novel, my guess is it will be quirkier and more fun than it suggests.

Pre ordering really helps authors out, makes their publisher pay attention, if you know you’re going to buy a copy why not jump in now?

https://www.booktopia.com.au/gunnawah-ronni-salt/book/9780733652905.html

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I'm reading it at the moment and it's really really good...

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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.







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Very excited to hear that Verse Chorus are republishing the first 3 Mother Paul mysteries by June Wright:

Reservation for Murder, Faculty of Murder and Make-Up For Murder

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/reservation-murder

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/faculty-murder

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/make-murder

Originally published late 50's / early 60's.







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Image of the book cover for Faculty of Murder. This time the nun is, again in full habit, with the cross around her neck and glasses on. She is standing in front of a building with a tower, and the sky is greenish whilst the building is brown. There's the stylised image of a girl with closed eyes and flowing hair in a greenish background at the bottom, looking for all the world like somebody who is floating.
Image of the book cover for Make-Up For Murder, in which the same nun as the earlier covers is standing in front of another elaborate building, this time it's mauvish with a pale orange sky. Underneath her is a panel with a big old TV camera and lights, with somebody standing behind the side on view of the camera, a lot of makeup brushes and makeup towards the bottom left, and a woman's face, half visible, looking distressed.

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Took a week off so this update is a fortnight's worth - highlights were The Call, The Crag and the arrival of Gunnawah by Ronni Salt.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-fortnight-ending-15th-september








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My review of The Crag by Claire Sutherland is now at:

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/claire-sutherland-the-crag-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

In Claire Sutherland’s debut crime novel, a body is found on an isolated track on the Wimmera Plains, where Mount Arapiles towers over all.






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It was good wasn't it - very refreshing. I read somewhere (and of course now I can't remember / find where) that the female climber who was in the camping area is based on a well known climber / record breaker from NZ. If I find the reference again then I'll make this reply considerably more interesting than it currently is....

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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (9th of 20)





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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (8th of 20)





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of The Call by Gavin Strawhan posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/call-gavin-strawhan

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.





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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (6th of 20)





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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.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-31st-august








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https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-2nd-september

: The Body at Back Beach, K.J. Sweeney

: The Old Woman with the Knife, Gu Byeong-mo





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Image of the cover of The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo. The image has a purple background with the silhouette of a woman's figure, leaning slightly forward looking out of an orange background, shaped to look slightly like a doorway or maybe a window. The title of the book is in the centre of the image with the words a novel then the author name, followed by the line 'Translated by Chi-Young Kim' at the bottom. The top has 'International Bestseller' along with the Hanover Square Press logo, and a quote that says "There has never been a Korean novel with such a groundbreaking heroine." Segye Ilbo.

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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons.




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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons.




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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 / themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons.




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Review of Double Jeopardy by Stef Harris posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/double-jeopardy-stef-harris

... 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!






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: No One Will Know, Rose Carlyle

: Butter, Asako Yuzuki

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-28th-august





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Image of the book cover for Butter by Asako Yuzuki. The image is a yellow background with a black and white cow pointing, head first, down the middle of the image. The title of the book is in large read letters down the left hand side of the image and there are a couple of red swipes (blood? fingerprints?) on the bottom right.

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Review of The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt by Mark Mupotsa-Russell

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/hitwomans-guide-reducing-household-debt-mark-mupotsa-russell

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.






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Last week on AustCrime:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-25th-august

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).








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: Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies, Catherine Mack

: Dish, Rhys Nicholson

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-26th-august



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Image of the book cover for Dish by Rhys Nicholson with the subtitle Spies, Scoops, Emotional Outbursts & The Occasional Recipe with the quote 'This Dish is served hot, funny and sincerely fresh.' RuPaul The cover is yellow with black around the edges. The title of the book is at the top in a heavy font, black on the yellow background, with the subtitle just below it. There's a spoon on it's side in the top line between Spiels, Scoops, The image in the centre is of Rhys Nicholson's head on the side slightly "sitting" on a plate of fruit and vegetables.

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Review of The Hunted & The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/hunted-inheritance-gabriel-bergmoser

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.

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS






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Image of the book cover for The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser with the subtitle 'She's running from the past ... and she's running for her life'. The quote at the top of the book is 'A heroine you can't look away from, pure thrills and wallop, wider and grander than your average Aussie noir - this is fierce storytelling' KYLE PERRY, bestselling author of The Bluffs The image is of a suburban skyline with lowrise buildings at the bottom and lots of power poles. There are wires crisscrossing the image of the sky which is of a sunset / rise with yellow at the far bottom, graduating upwards through red to purple at the top. There are dots of stars showing in the purple, and shooting stars across the sky.

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Review of The Other Half and The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell which is a bit gushy... maybe.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/review-other-half-crowd-charlotte-vassell

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.





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Image of the book cover for The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell with the tag line 'Being In Is Everything / Being Out is Murder'. The image is royal blue and orange, featuring two female figures outlined in white looking to the right and left of the edges of the cover. The image on the left is wearing a large hat. Both women have dangling earrings shaped like a dagger, and orange halter ties around their necks. The bottom of their images is orange, as if they have a low backed dress on. The title of the book is in the centre in large characters, the author's name at the bottom.

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Do you like to read stories about women who do a bit of k!lling?

I've started building a list. If you've got more books to suggest, please so.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/205249.Women_who_kill

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Can I suggest the addition of the Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt by Mark Mupotsa-Russell https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216473717-the-hitwoman-s-guide-to-reducing-household-debt?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=wjbPUxpkMi&rank=1 (it's due out on the 27th of this month). It's brilliant :)

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Last week on AustCrime where the highlights where getting hold of 17 Years Later by JP Pomare and starting The Crag by Claire Sutherland

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-16th-august








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20th August

: The Crag, Claire Sutherland

: The Little Sparrow, Seishi Yokomizo (it's a long book!)




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Image of the book cover for The Little Sparrow Murders by Seishi Yokomizo with the tag line "A classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Honjin Murders". The image is a pale blue background, with a beige coloured wide edging (like a picture frame). There's a beige circle in the middle and the figure of a female is hanging across the top of the circle. She's dressed in a red / maroon flowing dress or gown with her bare legs shown at the left. It's hard to make out much detail of her face, but her hair is flowing upwards, giving the appearance of her falling. The same colour as her dress is used to pick up the author name / book title which is in a script that is very stylised.

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Review - Expectant by Vanda Symon posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/expectant-vanda-symon

It's potential to engage readers may come down to the connection you can develop with the characters, and the implications of the murder.






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The 2024 Ngaio Marsh Shortlist has been announced:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/2024-ngaio-marsh-award-shortlist

3 categories, best novel, best first novel and best ya/kids category.

Links to more info about the books and reviews in the linked post.






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Review of Disaster Inc by Caimh McDonnell published at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/disaster-inc-caimh-mcdonnell

I can't tell you how happy I was to fall over this series / mismash / universe / whatever. They make me laugh out loud ...






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Excellent, it does follow on from the Dublin Trilogy but you should be able to see what the fun is from this one.

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@treleanor @bookstodon darn, fingers crossed they get at least some of the others

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Last week on AustCrime where the highlight (although it feels very odd to say that) was reviewing Dice by Claire Baylis and getting hold of a copy of Death in a Lonely Place - 2nd in the Jake Jackson series although I might yet regret the one after the other thing.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-8th-august








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https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-12th-august-2024

- Death in a Lonely Place, Stig Abell
- The Little Sparrow, Seishi Yokomizo


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Image of the book cover for The Little Sparrow Murders by Seishi Yokomizo with the tag line "A classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Honjin Murders". The image is a pale blue background, with a beige coloured wide edging (like a picture frame). There's a beige circle in the middle and the figure of a female is hanging across the top of the circle. She's dressed in a red / maroon flowing dress or gown with her bare legs shown at the left. It's hard to make out much detail of her face, but her hair is flowing upwards, giving the appearance of her falling. The same colour as her dress is used to pick up the author name / book title which is in a script that is very stylised.

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Review of Dice by Claire Baylis posted at

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/dice-claire-baylis

DICE is a debut novel from NZ author Claire Baylis. The subject matter is confronting, not just because it is seemingly based on a real life case, the styling is inventive, and the outcomes devastating, infuriating and searingly illuminating.






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https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-8th-august-2024

- In The Blink of an Eye, Jo Callaghan

- The Hunted, Gabriel Bergmoser




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Image of the book cover for In the Blink of an Eye, with the tagline "One Detective. One Hologram. And a case that will test them both. The background image is of a close up of a woman's face with the eye being the most prominent part, one side of the face is human, the other side has been made to look like a hologram with the hint of 0's and 1's on the extreme right hand side. The title of the book is in large blue lettering across the centre towards the bottom of the book and the quote "The most original crime novel you'll read this year." Clare McKintosh

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Review of for a change - I Will Miss You Tomorrow by Heine Bakkeid

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/i-will-miss-you-tomorrow-heine-bakkeid

Standard elements delivered really well with plenty of pace, and a compelling central character.





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6th August 2024:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/amreading-amlistening-6th-august-2024




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Image for the book cover for The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz. The image has a red background with a old, ornate bridge across the middle with a single light in the middle. There are two male figures on the bridge and either end is tree / bush covered.

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Review of the Horror Thriller Bunny by S.E. Tolsen posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/bunny-se-tolsen

BUNNY is written by S.E. Tolsen, a husband and wife writing team, who won Best Horror Novel of 2023 in the Australian Aurealis Awards, making it to the longlist for the 2024 Ngaio Marsh awards based on it's thriller categorisation.







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Last week on AustCrime was one of those rare ones where everything reviewed was good, everything read was excellent, and everything added to the piles much anticipated.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-2nd-august







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Reviewed - The Safe House by Cameron Ward

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/safe-house-cameron-ward

A psychological thriller with a hefty dose of more than willing suspension of disbelief, THE SAFE HOUSE is one of those bare knuckle roller-coaster rides of a reading experience that may lead to a loss of sleep and a strong desire to avoid anywhere in the bush during long hot summers.






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Reviewed - Mami Suzuki: Private Eye by Simon Rowe:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/mami-suzuki-private-eye-simon-rowe

... a debut series of linked short stories by NZ born, Japan resident author, Simon Rowe. Mami Suzuki is a hotel clerk, and a part-time private investigator, running her slowly building sideline around the day job, and her mother and young daughter at home.






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