There are many stories of war heroes in different roles and guises. This Historical Fiction, from Caroline Beecham, Esther’s Children, is about a woman called […]
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Fleur McDonald’s latest murder mystery Rising Dust opens with two men speaking, one in Indonesian and one translating into English; a woman realising she may […]
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Little Nothings is captivating in an intriguing way. One can’t help but reflect on their own relationships with close friends and the vital role they […]
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The Good Captain
Futuristic and perhaps all too real as the world still rushes headlong into climate crisis, Sean Rabin takes a somewhat cynical and almost satirical look […]
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Not only has one boy disappeared but now another has been murdered; both are residents at Hatchery House which had a chequered past as an […]
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Sea Change is the second book in the Castleby Series from JM Simpson. As such the storyline begins in a slightly complex manner which indicates […]
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The Traitor’s Empire
Following on from the Traitors Reliquary, the uprising is over, the Hydra is dead and it is time to try and reassemble from the devastation, […]
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In October 2007, Brick Brown found a dead body. It wasn’t just any body, but the mayor, who was famous for his womanising and sleazy […]
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The Nurses’ War is a powerhouse of a story in many ways. What makes it a special Historical Fiction is that Victoria Purman has connections […]
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Secrets are indeed dangerous things; some are more deadly than others. How many secrets can the small fictitious towns of Haddley and St Marnham, where […]
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A Family of Strangers
Setting A Family of Strangers in a small town in Tasmania means that author Fiona Lowe is in her element as she has a deep […]
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Marija Popa, the enigmatic wife of an overthrown sadistic and deranged dictator, is standing trial with a possible death sentence as the outcome, as it […]
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A Royal Murder
Lady Eleanor Swift, Ellie to her friends, is facing an afternoon with new her friend Tipsy, Lady Tiffany Fitzroy, one of the bright young things, […]
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Permafrost
Short stories as a collection are always interesting; sometimes they just fit the bill perfectly when there is limited time to spend reading. Permafrost from […]
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A crayoned note ‘Bad Mommy’ scrawled in a child’s hand is attached to a young woman’s body which was found lying on a park bench […]
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Mary–Anne O’Connor confirms that Dressed By Iris is an Historical-almost Fiction tale. The setting is Sydney and surrounds, beginning in the 1930’s. It is an […]
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Beautifully written My Brother Ben from award winning Peter Carnavas is a wonderful, heart-warming story about brotherly love, birds and growing up which is an […]
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The Way From Here
Secrets within families have a strange way of eventually surfacing. Sometimes they are acknowledged and dealt with, sometimes they lie beneath the surface and fester […]
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If you have a book you have a friend. For the 15 thousand plus Londoners in 1944, who were living in the Bethnal Green tube […]
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The discovery of a mutilated body of a young woman in a cornfield causes both concern and excitement in a quiet rural community in Idaho. […]
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Diary of a Buddhist Cat from Julian Worker is from the beginning a captivating read. Freddie the Buddhist cat is very conscious of being in […]
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Dead Horse Gap sees Lee Christine returning to the Snowy Mountains once again, this time to investigate the death of a pilot on the remote […]