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Support system for many dogs, cats, alpacas, chooks, ducks, peacocks, pigs, goats & sheep. Permaculture adherent, gin aficionado, whiskey drinker, long time coeliac foodie, unrepentant old leftie.

Dja Dja Wurrung land in North Central Victoria, Australia.

Reads a bit of crime fiction, works in #iso27001

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My review of the excellent rural historical crime fiction novel Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/bone-lands-pip-fioretti

1911, on a winter's night in arid New South Wales wool country, mounted trooper Augustus Hawkins discovers the bodies of three young people. They are scions of the richest family in the district...




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Image of the book cover for Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti, with the subtitle "A One-Man Police Station. Three Murders. A Past That Will Not Stay Buried." The image is of a typical rural agricultural scene in the arid areas of Australia. The sky is a menacing dark colour, with touches of orange clouds. The very bottom of the image shows a skeleton , bones white from the sun sitting in bare earth. There's some low, dry looking grass above it, leading to a figure on horseback in the centre, a short scrubby tree to his left, and a small, deserted looking building to the right.
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    @docdebwood @bookstodon it's very good. I don't think you'll regret it

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    My Review of The Water's Dead by Catherine Lea was just published:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/waters-dead-catherine-lea

    ... first novel featuring DI Nyree Bradshaw (BETTER LEFT DEAD is now available), set in the upper north island region of New Zealand, with idyllic scenery, pockets of poverty, a strong, tight knit Māori community, and a lot of fractious relationships.



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    My Review of The Water's Dead by Catherine Lea was just published:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/waters-dead-catherine-lea

    ... first novel featuring DI Nyree Bradshaw (BETTER LEFT DEAD is now available), set in the upper north island region of New Zealand, with idyllic scenery, pockets of poverty, a strong, tight knit Māori community, and a lot of fractious relationships.



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    Image of the book cover for The Water's Dead by Catherine Lea - A DI Nyree Bradshaw Novel. The image is of a forest of small wispy sparsely leafed trees with a dramatic purple, red and yellow sky above, reflected in water at the bottom / front of the trees. The book title is at the top of the image in large white letters, the author's name and subtitle at the bottom.
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    My review of One of Us Is Missing by B.M. Carroll was published this morning at Newtown Review of Books:

    https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/bm-carroll-one-of-us-is-missing-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

    ... one family’s celebration turns to disaster as a teenager disappears amid a crowd of concert-goers.





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    Image of the book cover for One Of Us Is Missing by B.M. Carroll. The image is of a typical stadium style plastic seat in dark blue, attached to others either side of it. There's a bright orange set of headphones on the seat. The title of the book is in large white type at the top, running down to the middle of the image, with the author's name across the bottom. On the release version there are two quotes - 'A gritty and satisfying thriller' Ali Lowe and 'You won't be able to put it down!" Petronella McGovern.
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    (10 authors you’ve read at least 5 books by)

    Terry Pratchett
    Connie Willis
    Dorothy Dunnett
    Gavin Lyall
    Rachel Neuemeier
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    John le Carre
    Isaac Asimov
    Sulari Gentill
    Josh Lanyon

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    kcfromaustcrime ,
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    @CaraBruar

    Bit of crossover between us :)

    Terry Pratchett
    Garry Disher
    Sulari Gentill
    John le Carre
    Caimh McDonnell (because recently)
    Georges Simenon
    Paul Cleave
    Maj Sjowall (with Per Wahloo)
    Christopher Brookmyre
    Stuart MacBride

    (needless to say - 100authors5booksEach might not be too much of a stretch...)

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    Interesting - do you have a feeling for why they have dropped out of favour?

    I know I've been finding my reread of the Maigret series patchy going - some of them are brilliant / some of them decidedly dodgy when read with current sensibilities, but overall the good is still outweighing the bad ... just :)

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    Oh that's interesting. Hadn't considered that angle!

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    My partner is a big SF reader and has bemoaned exactly the same thing.

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    Thanks will pass that on.

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    Another not much happened update from last week on AustCrime. In my defence, a lot of books are being read, which isn't leaving a lot of time for much else.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-26th-april


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    Another weekly update on AustCrime - up to the 19th April this time.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-19th-april

    Some reviews, some new books, some books read, some queued up.




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    My review of It Takes a Town ... to solve a Murder by Aoife Clifford was published this morning at Newtown Review of Books:

    https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/aoife-clifford-it-takes-a-town-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

    In Aoife Clifford’s third novel, the death of a local celebrity brings two old schoolmates together to answer some troubling questions.




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    Image of the book cover for It Takes a Town ... to solve a Murder by Aoife Clifford. The image is made up of a pale beige sort of plain background with "It Takes A Town" in large red letters on an angle at the top followed by "... to solve a Murder", smaller and in black. The author's name is at the bottom in slight smaller red lettering. Around the edges of the image there are a series of small vignettes done in silhouette style with black on a brightish green colour. From the top they include images of a woman standing at the top of the stairs (left hand side), next on the right there's somebody seen through the window of a caravan, then slightly down to the left there's an image of a clock tower, town buildings and trees and power lines. Then bottom left there is a man and a dog standing on the side of a water way and on the right a woman standing in front of a window with Venetian blinds at the top of it.
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    My review of Garry Disher's latest novel - Sanctuary went live this morning at Newtown Review of Books:

    https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/garry-disher-sanctuary-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

    "A new crime novel by Garry Disher is always exciting. In Sanctuary, he introduces a new protagonist: a female lone wolf."

    Out now from Text Publishing.




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    Image of the book cover for Sanctuary by Garry Disher. The main image is of a long, dead straight, red dirt road , edged by small trees and scrubby bushes, heading towards a low range of hills i the distance. The sky overhead is cloudy with a few sun rays breaking out. The quote at the top of the cover says 'Disher is a master at controlling his material, taking his readers along the dusty, rutted roads that always pop up when we expect bitumen smoothness. But it's a journey worth taking, for the pure joy of the writing.' Herald Sun The cover also notes that Garry Disher is the "bestselling author of Day's End", and under the title of the book at the bottom of the image it says SANCTUARY Nowhere Left to Run.
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    The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children's and YA literature.

    https://alma.se/en/

    The 2024 winner is The Indigenous Literacy Foundation:

    https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au

    They provide First Nations people with access to culture and language through books and learning materials.

    Wonderful news.

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    A week in which nothing much happened outward facing on AustCrimeFiction

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-5th-april




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    Update on AustCrime activity up until 29th March:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-29th-march

    Books were read, a lot of were received, and some were reviewed.




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    My Review of one that I really should not have tried to read. Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/darkness-runs-deep-claire-mcneel

    As always, whenever the vehicle is contentious, DARKNESS RUNS DEEP is going to be a YMMV read.




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    Image of the book cover for Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel with the subtitle "In this small town's worst moment, will the community come together - or be driven apart?" The background image is dominated by a dark sky filled with stars, sitting over a wide gravel road that's rutted down one side. The road and the trees to the side are lit up as they would be from a vehicle's headlights.
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    To be honest I can't say. Depends on your tolerance for football talk. It brings me out in instant hives...

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    It's not best served in this one to my mind, the football just swamped everything.

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    My review of The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill was posted this morning at Newtown Review of Books:

    https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/sulari-gentill-the-mystery-writer-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

    In Sulari Gentill’s new novel, aspiring writer Theo and her brother Gus become embroiled in increasingly bizarre conspiracy theories.

    Image of the book cover for The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill - a bright pink cover with the outline of a laptop in the centre, the screen made up of a woman's face and hands. She's wide-eyed, with brunette hair falling to her chin in a classic bob style. Her hands are clenched either side of her wide open mouth, possibly screaming. There's the outline of a book beside the laptop which says "A Mystery", and the arms and hands that are resting on the keyboard are black. The subtitle says "She needs to write the ending ... before she meets hers." The quote at the bottom is "A mischievous twist on mystery novels and the people who write them" from Benjamin Stevenson, author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. Below the author's name at the bottom it says "Award-Winning Author"
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    AustCrime update for week ending 22nd March - in which rather a lot of / New Zealand arrived, some reviews were written (), and some books were read.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-22nd-march


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    Review of The Beacon by P.A. Thomas just posted:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/beacon-pa-thomas

    There's potential here for the start of a very interesting new series - Jack Harris has all the makings of a very good investigative reporter, and Caitlin O'Shaughnessy would be a very able partner in pursuit.




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    Image of the book cover for The Beacon by P.A. Thomas - with the quote 'Set in Byron Bay, this beachside mystery ... is the perfect summer read.' Patricia Wolf. The image is of a lit lighthouse sat on a small rocky outcrop against a dusky or dawn sky. There's a small glimpse of the sea to the right and a railing at the bottom.
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    Just posted my review of the second book in the not really a Dublin Trilogy, The Day that Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/day-never-comes-caimh-mcdonnell

    When it comes to these books taxes and death are not the only inevitability's in life.





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    Image of the book cover for The Day that Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell. A red background that has a silhouette of a city skyline at the bottom and top, with the top image upside down. There's a crane, a domed building, something vaguely modern and a pencil tower amongst the top of other buildings in the image. The title of the book is in large letters in the centre in a combination of white and black lettering.
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    Just posted - review of Deep in the Forest by Erina Reddan.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/deep-forest-erina-reddan

    ... there have been quite a few crime fiction books recently that delve into the world of cults, the people that get caught in them, and those trying to get them out. DEEP IN THE FOREST is a slightly different twist on that.




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    Image of the book cover for Deep in the Forest by Erina Reddan with the subtitle "What lies behind the walls of the Sanctuary". The cover is a blue sky like background with the title of the novel in large pale green letters at the top. There is a photo of a woman in a religious (?Armish style) head dress at the bottom. She has long black hair, is side on with her face is pointing downwards and there is a wide painted like stripe in the same pale green obscuring her eyes.
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    My Review of Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare has just been posted at:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/home-night-jp-pomare

    Above all else, Pomare knows how to write tension, misdirection, pace and threat.





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    Image of the book cover for Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare, shows a car sitting in front of a calmish water body, with a sky of orange, and pink reflected in the water and dark clouds above that. The car is sitting on a bed of dry grass. The quotes at the top of the book are 'Grabbed me from the start and didn't let go' Michael Robotham and 'Twisty & brilliant - an addictive thriller' Christian White. The books subtitle is "She'd do anything for her son. Anything." At the bottom there's a quote from the Herald Sun 'A rare talent who continues to turn out crime masterpieces.'
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    Update on the erratic bouts of activity on Austcrime week ending 15th March

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-15th-march




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    An outstanding debut novel back in 2022 (good grief has it really taken this long to post this ...), it's very very hard to look past an Australian rural noir novel called DIRT TOWN.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/dirt-town-hayley-scrivenor




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    Image of the book cover for Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor with the subtitle "a place of comfort ... and cruelty". The image is of a classic Australian small town street, with a general store and another small building at the bottom of the image - both have the sort of high pointed rooflines that you find in hot climaes. There's a row of gum trees behind and a big cloudy sky above filled with high white clouds and what looks like it could be a dust storm in the background.
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    Just posted - review of Halfway House by Helen FitzGerald:

    Helen FitzGerald is one of those authors who really knows how to write engaging and very offputting central characters that you care about, despite their obvious failings, flaws, and downright stupidity from time to time.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/halfway-house-helen-fitzgerald




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    Image of the book cover for Halfway House by Helen Fitzgerald, with a quote from Mark Billingham at the top 'Nobody writes like Helen FitzGerald'. The image is of a narrow house with 4 windows, 3 of which are obscured by boards or heavy blinds. The bottom left hand window has small glass panes in it with a crack that seems to run around the top of the window and down across the glass. The subtitle at the bottom of the image is "Meet the housemates from hell".
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    Last week, reading wise, was a bit of a blow out. Unless you include the bushfire preparedness project plan - which was read a LOT.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-1st-march

    But I did manage to review a couple of books, and nearly made it to the end of an book, and next weekend we're expecting another stinker of a day (and it hasn't rained much here for months so.. fires).




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    Slight chance of "style" in that I've just posted a review of I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist - whose horror novels are a real favourite. Even if I've no idea why...

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/i-am-behind-you-john-ajvide-lindqvist-0



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    Image of the book cover for I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The cover is an upside image of a silver caravan at the top, sitting on some greyish grass, with bird flying nearby and a whisp of smoke falling down towards the book title. The title is printed in gothic style lettering across the middle of a blue, cloudy sky with the author's name at the bottom.
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    Posted yesterday - my review of To the River by Vikki Wakefield:

    An interesting combination of a psychological thriller, with a couple of flawed, but engaging and very sympathetic central female characters, TO THE RIVER ticks many required boxes but does so in a unique form.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/river-vikki-wakefield






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    Image of the book cover for To the River by Vikki Wakefield, includes a quote at the top from Sarah Bailey (author of After You Were Gone) "An original thriller full of empathy" and the subtitle at the bottom "How long can you hide the truth?" The image is a striking view across a body of water to some trees with a bright orange fire ball behind them. The sky above is orange, fading to purple, with the water reflecting the orange colouring.
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    Some small semblance of normality in a week that has been ... interesting?

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-23rd-february





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    A couple of reviews posted today

    Rings on Water, Madeleine Eskedahl (2nd in the Matakana Series) https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/death-camera-bm-allsopp

    Death Off Camera, B.M. Allsopp (5th in the Fiji Islands Mystery Series) https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/death-camera-bm-allsopp





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    Image of the book cover for Death Off Camera by B.M. Allsopp - the fifth book in the Fiji Island Mysteries series. The image has a high roofed grass hut in the background, surrounded by a foggy sky. There's lush jungle around the sides of the hut, and a couple of stone plinths at the front. One has a skull sitting on top of it, the other a film reel standing upright in a pool of bright red blood. The rest of the image is greyish green and the title of the book is in large white lettering down the centre.

    Image of the book cover of Rings On Water by Madeleine Eskedahl, the header says "The Matakana Series", the other notation on the cover is "Bestselling author". The image is a stormy sea scene, in blues and greens, with lightening coming down from the top over a green, dark cloudy sky towards a big house at the top of cliff. Waves are beating against the cliff and in the middle, there's a boat on the water, with a dark figure standing in the centre.
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    My review of The Berlin Traitor by AW Hammond was posted this morning at Newtown Review of Books:

    https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/aw-hammond-the-berlin-traitor-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm

    It’s July 1945, and the war in Europe is finally over. Auguste Duchene has survived, but the past will not let go.




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    Image of the book cover for The Berlin Traitor by AW Hammond, with the subtitle "Berlin has fallen. The war in Europe is over. His fight has just begun." The image is of a man walking through a darkened archway - his back to the "camera". He's walking into a courtyard which is slightly greenish in colour. There's an old motorbike to the right with a person standing beside it - could be a female in uniform. The building on the other side of the courtyard to where he's walking is bombed out. He's wearing a dark hat and long overcoat. The title of the book is at the top in white and gold lettering, the author's name at the bottom in large bold white letters. There's a gold round "sticker" on the cover to the left that has a quote from Michelle Wright - 'Highly evocative ... a totally engrossing read.'
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    My review of The Concierge by Abby Corson has just been posted.

    It's often tricky to pull off [a] close in, self-involved voice, yet THE CONCIERGE does it with just enough doubt to make it very engaging, and dare I say, most unusual crime fiction undertaking.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/concierge-abby-corson




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    Image of the book cover for The Concierge by Abby Corson - with the subtitle "He'll do anything to improve your stay. Except keep your secrets". The cover is a pale beige background with a large dark pink topped bell, on a gold coloured bottom - the sort that you would use to summon the concierge. There's a fingerprint on the side of the bell. The title of the book is at the top in large dark green letters, the author's name right at the bottom in dark pink. The subtitle has the first two lines in pale pink and the Except Keep Your Secrets part is the same coloured gold / yellow as the bottom of the bell.
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    I have never made it to and its alternative is still underdeveloped. Esp. in terms of user interaction and books catalogue.

    Any suggestions? I'm after tracking, occasional short review and recommendation from other users.

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    @janbartosik @bookstodon I've been trying out Storygraph but I'm not convinced by the cataloguing / tagging options as that's what I desperately need as opposed to user recommendations etc. I'm currently trying out collectorz.com / Book Connect (not free). No "community" as such but the tracking side is reasonably flexible.

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    Just posted, review of The Good Dog by Simon Rowell:

    If you're new to this series, read them all, you won't regret it. If you're champing at the bit for this latest instalment, it's due out today (30th January, 2024). As with all of them so far, this means the wait for the next outing has commenced.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/good-dog-simon-rowell





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    Image of the book cover for The Good Dog by Simon Rowell - with the quote from the Australian on the previous book in the series at the bottom: 'Unputdownable ... with a plot twist you won't see coming.'The image is of a woman in black jeans, knee high boots and a leather jacket, standing with her hands in her pockets, her back to camera. She has long brown hair caught up in a ponytail and sitting beside her is a Labrador dog. They are both on top of a rocky outcrop looking out towards a landscape of green brown trees and fields. (It's the sort of outlook you see on Mt Macedon in Victoria). The sky is angry pink and red clouds above them and the title is in large white letters intertwined around her image.
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    Just posted - review of The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/slow-roll-simon-lendrum

    The characters are fascinating, the interaction of O'Malley and Claire very engaging and real, and the sense of place, strong without being overpowering or overt.




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    Image of the book cover for The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum - with the quote 'One hell of a debut - Lendrum is a writer to keep an eye on' Paul Cleave at the bottom. The background of the image is a green baize colour / texture with a couple of playing cards in the bottom right hand corner, splattered with red.
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    Bit of a quietish week on AustCrime last week - desperately ill dog meant distracted (she's recovering).

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-26th-january-2024

    Latest reviews, reading, next up and what got added to the piles.






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    Review just posted - Mila and the Bone Man, Lauren Roche.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/mila-and-bone-man-lauren-roche

    A very different sort of crime / coming of age novel exploring consequences and difference.





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    Image of the book cover for Mila and The Bone Man by Lauren Roche with the quote 'Lyrical, moving, quietly compelling, Mila and the Bone Man will send its roots deep into your heart.' Catherine Chidgey and 'Completely original, not a word out of place.' Patrick Evans. The cover is a washed green, with half of the face of a young girl on the right hand side, and what appears to be forest on the left. She's got long dark hair, caught back behind her ear, dark eyes, and she's tilting her head ever so slightly towards the right.
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    Posted yesterday - review of the 2nd book in the DS Lucas Walker series, Paradise by Patricia Wolf

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/paradise-patricia-wolf

    Book Two in the DS Lucas Walker series sees him away from his family home in the dry, arid interior of Queensland, working on the Gold Coast.





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    Image of the book cover for Paradise, Patricia Wolf, A DS Walker thriller. The image is one of a beach, with highrise towers on the right hand side (very Gold Coast, QLD). The sky overhead is full of dark, boding clouds and there is light reflecting off the towers onto a wide sandy beach. There is a blurb at the top of the book which says "A young family. A shocking attack. A dark case on the Gold Coast".
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    Silly busy week with farm stuff - so update on what happened on AustCrime late and a bit on the sparse side last week.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-19th-january-2024

    Couple of reviews, few books read / reading, more added to the piles.




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    I can strongly recommend not getting Covid. The upside was a lot of book reading. The downside is the rereading because my brain has gone to mush ....

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    Just posted on AustCrime - Review of Nikki Crutchley's In Her Blood:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/her-blood-nikki-crutchley

    Probably one for reading with the lights on, and preemptive investigation of the possible sources of things that go bump or squeak. Most definitely one for people exploring the nature of secrets, small towns, mysteries and the past never quite going away.





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    Image of the book cover for In Her Blood by Nikki Crutchley. The image is of a woman in red running up a curving staircase which has an elaborate balustrade and edging on the steps. The wall she is heading towards is green, and scarred with wallpaper that appears to have been torn away. The subtitle at the top of the book is "Two missing girls. Two decades apart. A race against time."
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    Added to MtTBR, new book from Helen Fitzgerald, Halfway House:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/halfway-house

    Meet the roommates from hell
    On her first shift at a halfway house for violent offenders in Edinburgh – the only job she could get – rebounding Australian expat Lou is taken hostage.




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    Image of the book cover for Halfway House by Helen Fitzgerald, with a quote from Mark Billingham at the top 'Nobody writes like Helen FitzGerald'. The image is of a narrow house with 4 windows, 3 of which are obscured by boards or heavy blinds. The bottom left hand window has small glass panes in it with a crack that seems to run around the top of the window and down across the glass. The subtitle at the bottom of the image is "Meet the housemates from hell".
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    Bit happened on AustCrime last week:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-12th-january-2024

    What was reviewed, added to the piles, read, and what's currently being read.






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    Couple of bookclub gatherings ago, we read Devotion by Hannah Kent. Amazing experience.

    https://bookwyrm.social/book/435971/review#reviews

    Everything in this story is leading somewhere amazing. It's emotional, beautiful, touching, surprising and so incredibly moving. Sniffed, snuffled and out and out cried my way through the last part of this book.




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    Image of the book cover for Devotion by Hannah Kent with the covering comment "From the bestselling author of Burial Rites". Includes the quotes 'Utterly Original' Heather Rose and 'So beautiful and so raw' Evie Wyld. The image is pale grey, textured with the hint of foliage across it, there's a white spray of leaves that stands out a little in the centre of the novel, weaving its way around the letters in the book title, and the name of the author. The title is in Gold, and the author's name in large Greenish / Grey letters.
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    Everything you say is spot on. Such a wonderful book.

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