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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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