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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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Things that happened on AustCrime last week:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-14th-june

Highlights were a most unusual read in Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, getting to review Going Zero by Andrew McCarten and starting in on a couple of excellent books - one part of a series, the other a debut.




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I thought of your comments about it when I was about half way in :)

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Review of GOING ZERO by Andrew McCarten posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/going-zero-andrew-mccarten

Technology based thriller which worked for this reader (they often don't). Surveillance contest between tech bro and a book reader that goes down the wire with heaps at stake for both parties.




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Image of the book cover for Going Zero by Anthony McCarten with the subtitle "Two Hours to Vanish. One Chance to Escape." The cover is read with the title and author name in black lettering. The central image is of a stylised eye shape with a white and black camera lens type of arrangement as the lens of the eye. It's striking / staring straight out. The subtitle is at the bottom in grey lettering.
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    You make a very good point. It is an interesting question, although I sometimes wonder how many people actually think about how they are tracked constantly, online or in real life.

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    Stuff happened on AustCrime last week, actual reading, reviews, and new books stacked up....

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-7th-june





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    My review of the not as cosy as you'd think from the look of it crime novel The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/tea-ladies-amanda-hampson

    THE TEA LADIES by Amanda Hampson is one of those interesting sort of novels that tippy toes a line between its cosy(ish) setting and some considerably more ruthless plot lines with a deftness that made for a really enjoyable reading experience.




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    Image of the book cover for The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson with the subtitle "They keep everyone's secrets ... until there's a murder". From the bestselling author of The Olive Sisters. The cover is white with a green / blue border. The writing is in a combination of black and red, there's a bullet hole image in the centre that shows some words / text from the book through the hole. On the right of the hole is a sewing dress model with a brightly patterned short shift style dress on it.
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    My review of Roger Simpson's second Jane Halifax novel Resurrection has been posted at

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/resurrection-roger-simpson





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    Image of the book cover for Resurrection by Roger Simpson "A Jane Halifax Novel) with the subtitle "Who Do you Trust When You Can't Trust Yourself?" The image is a night scene with a black sky and a brightly lit forecourt of some sort to the left hand side. At the bottom centre there's a rear view of a woman in a coat, her hair is hanging to her shoulder's and her arms hang out from her body. She's taking a step towards a male figure in a hoodie in front of her. He's standing with his hands in his pockets, hunched up, no visible features in front of some bright, but misty / foggy lighting.
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    Update from last week on AustCrime. No reviews sorry, stuff happened. But a bit of reading done. Notably Rosie Batty's Hope.

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

    #Books
    #CrimeFiction
    #AusCrime

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    Finally some actual things happened on AustCrimeFiction.org last week!

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-24th-may

    Reviews, new books added to the piles, books read, stocked.

    #CrimeFiction
    #Review
    #AusCrime
    #YeahNoir
    #books

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    Yesterday I posted a review of books 3 - 7 in the "Dublin Trilogy" (Adrian McKinty, I'm looking at you...)

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/dublin-trilogy-books-3-7-caimh-mcdonnell

    Anyway, I listened to these, they were funny, bit on the silly side and really enjoyable.



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    The reference is really all about Irish authors & their concept of a trilogy :) McKinty's Sean Duffy series was billed as a trilogy, until book 4 came out. Then we didn't know what to call it anymore, and however you look at it, The Dublin Trilogy with 7 books and 2 novellas... it made me laugh a lot :) There is a 7th book in the Duffy series on the way here now - The Detective Up Late (which just to add to the confusion appears to be also known as Cold Water).

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    And I'm guessing you've read the Bloomsbury / Dead Trilogy (which did turn out to be 3 books!) :)

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    @jancampbellcady @bookstodon lol I hope that's not the case, the living too long bit. I'm surrounded by books hoping to live another 60 years or so (statistically impossible) :)

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    Now that is good news!

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    Just posted a review of The Last Devil to Die, the 4th book in the Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/last-devil-die-richard-osman

    This is such a joy of a light(ish) crime fiction series that I've had the great pleasure of listening to.



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    Image of the book cover (audio version) of The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman, a nearly completely white cover with a purple edged border around the outside. The author's name is at the top in last black letters, the title of the book across the middle with "The Last" and "To Die" in red and "Devil" in black lettering with horns around the Devil word. There is a fox (which is mentioned in the book) at the bottom of the image.
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    My review of the second Cal Nyx book by Kim Hunt, The Quarry was just posted at:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/quarry-kim-hunt

    A well balanced combination of extremely good characters, a very solid and intriguing plot, great atmosphere and some well placed social commentary into the bargain, THE QUARRY tackles quite a bit and achieves all of it with considerable flair.

    #CrimeFiction
    #YeahNoir
    #Books
    #BookReview

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    Image of the book cover for The Quarry by Kim Hunt 'a Cal Nyx Mystery'. The quote at the top of the book says 'Cal Nyx is a breath of fresh air' Louise Fairbairn, @thecrimebookgirl At the bottom it says Shortlisted for First First Novel, Ngaio Marsh Awards 2021. The image is of a quarry with machinery and a heap of rocks / stone towards the bottom, the sky above is green, fading upwards to darker green. The equipment and quarry area is dark and dusty looking.
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    Latest update (3rd to the 17th May) combined because:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-3rd-17th-may

    As always some books read, some queued up, and better still a few reviews finally done and dusted.

    #CrimeFiction
    #YeahNoir
    #AusCrime
    #BookReview
    #books

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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.

    #CrimeFiction
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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.

    #CrimeFiction
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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.

    #CrimeFiction
    #AusCrime
    #books
    #bookreview
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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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    #10authors5booksEach (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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    @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...)

    #10authors5booksEach

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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.

    #CrimeFiction
    #books
    #auscrime
    #yeahnoir

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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.

    #CrimeFiction
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    #auscrime

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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.

    #books

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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

    #CrimeFiction
    #books
    #yeahnoir
    #AusCrimeFiction

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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 #yeahnoir were received, and some were reviewed.

    #CrimeFiction
    #books
    #bookstodon
    #BookReview

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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.

    #CrimeFiction
    #books
    #auscrime
    #bookreview

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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.

    #CrimeFiction
    #AusCrime
    #books
    #bookreview

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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.

    #CrimeFiction
    #Ireland
    #Humour
    #books
    #bookreview

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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.

    #AusCrime
    #CrimeFiction
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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.

    #CrimeFiction
    #YeahNoir
    #AusCrime
    #books
    #BookReview

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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

    #CrimeFiction
    #AusCrime
    #YeahNoir
    #books

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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

    #CrimeFiction
    #BookReview
    #books
    #auscrime

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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

    #CrimeFiction
    #AusCrime
    #books
    #bookreview

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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 #auscrime 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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    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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