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…

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 by Chris Hammer is a good example of how sophisticated Australian crime writing has become in recent years. The novel is set in…

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…

They’re back! It’s been a quiet year for our intrepid sleuths as Elizabeth comes to terms with the loss of her husband. As they celebrate…

This is the twenty second novel in a series of thirty-two featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. Southampton Row is a sequel to the previously published…

The first instalment of Airth’s series is set in a sleepy Suffolk village, shortly after the end of the First World War. It’s a time…

This is the sequel to When You Were Mine but can easily be read as a standalone as it gives you plenty of background on…

We sadly lost Kerry Greenwood recently, and as I have read many Phryne Fisher mysteries, I thought I would explore her other series about Corinna…

The determinately unmarried Lady Augusta Colebrook (Gus to her nearest and dearest) and her twin sister Julia live in a time where women are barely…

Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec and his wife Reine-Marie are revelling in their retirement, living in their beloved…

This book is set in Oxford (tick); the characters work for the Clarendon English Dictionary which is a thinly disguised Oxford English Dictionary (tick) and…