The world has for centuries been shattered by terrorist events, however the more recent ones including ‘Lockerbie/ PAN AM’, ‘The London Bombings’, “Mumbai Attacks’ and […]
Crime
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A market trader in the town of Peckham has discovered the body of a woman lying face down in an ally. In the bitterly cold […]
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The heat rises off the buildings, the road, and the parched, dry country. The sun is hot, unforgiving in its constant ferocity; from the first […]
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Simon is an eleven year old boy and like most kids his age he is struggling to make sense of the world he lives in, […]
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Cub, or Coralie is a twin who lives in a broken down property in the country. Her family consist of her Mother, who often takes […]
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Lovers of crime noir are familiar with the bent or slightly crooked copper, the underworld of drugs, prostitution and money, murder and the fringe dwellers […]
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Many readers will remember the News Headlines, “John and Lucy’s Great Escape”; this constitutes only a small portion of John Killick’s fascinating autobiography ‘The Last […]
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In the end it is all about the money, or is it. Miles Keller is heading towards early retirement, but decides he needs a good […]
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DCI Grace Macallan has been shifted to Edinburgh after an incident in Belfast, which made it impossible for her to remain there as an operative […]
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This griping and suspenseful thriller is loosely based on an incident that did happen in Australia during a time when ASIO was considered as corrupt, […]
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Sydney, What a place. What a history. It does not matter which way you look at it, the history is certainly colourful. The beginning of […]
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Murder and disappearances occur on a daily basis. Some never reported and many reported but with little or no end results. How do the Police, […]
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The Dark Lake is a strong exemplar of how a well written murder/mystery should be produced. The novel is structured in such a way that […]
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The Spider and the Fly
Why would an author want to initiate a four year correspondence with a serial killer behind bars, who hid the eight bodies of his victims […]
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Sadly, this is the last Cliff Hardy adventure to come from the pen of Peter Corris, as he is hanging up his hat and retiring […]
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Every hour of everyday a crime is committed somewhere in the world which impacts not only on the community in which it is perpetrated, but […]
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The Murder Mystery Genre is one that adheres to many stereotypes, but this book is so different it takes a page before the reader can […]
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Colin Dillon had wanted to be a policeman from a very early age. Australia’s highest ranking indigenous police officer, first ever of his race to […]
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Clyde Barr is finally finding peace of a sort in his life after years of horror and torment. In a reflective mood he allows himself […]
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This book is intense. It’s an intimate portrayal of a cracked mind and an unsettling portrait of the thought processes of an unhinged, sociopathic killer. […]
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Mima
Mima was let down by many; colleagues, the police in the first instance and then again by them during the Coronial Inquest. Shirley Eldridge certainly […]