The Secret Society of Librarians by Kate Thompson
Books were the floor under her feet, the roof over her head and the freedom in her heart. I have read a number of Kate…
Book Reviews
The Season by Helen Garner
Since the runaway success of her first book, Monkey Grip, published in 1977, Helen Garner has steadily established herself as one of Australia’s most honoured…
Understory : a life with trees by Inga Simpson
Inga Simpson is a successful Australian writer who has published several books in a range of genres and has mentored many aspiring writers in the…
Broke Road (Rose Riley #2) by Matthew Spencer
Broke Road is the second crime fiction novel by Australian writer Matthew Spencer, who was a journalist for more than 20 years before his first…
Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher #10) by Kerry Greenwood
The late Kerry Greenwood wrote over 50 books, of which the best known are those in her acclaimed series of 23 mystery novels featuring the…
The Valley (Detective Nell Buchanan #4) by Chris Hammer
The Valley by Chris Hammer is a good example of how sophisticated Australian crime writing has become in recent years. The novel is set in…
Acceptable Loss (William Monk #17) by Anne Perry
Anne Perry wrote five series of novels, with the most well known and regarded being the Pitt and Monk series. The novel Acceptable Loss, is…
Private Morey’s Jacket by Kate Broadway
When Japan launches a devastating invasion of Australia, Isla’s world shatters. Her husband is sent to the frontlines, leaving her with nothing but a promise…
The Killing Time (Ali Dawson book 2) by Elly Griffiths
“Sometimes the membrane between this world and the next is very thin.” DI Ali Dawson heads the Cold Case Unit, affectionally known to some as…
A Hymn to Life by Gisele Pelicot
“And yet the feeling persists: love is not dead. I am not dead. I still have faith in people. Once, that was my greatest weakness….
Hotel Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith
I’m very glad that Martin Cruz Smith resisted the temptation to kill off his main character Arkady Renko – something he may have considered as…
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Like so many women before me, I read The Bell Jar in my twenties. I thought it was ‘cool’. Sylvia Plath’s mystic was part of…
