A favourite and popular series read, and recommended by, a number of SMSA Mystery and Crime Reading Group members, I finally commenced with Book 1…

This debut crime thriller is set in country Tasmania, where author Jo Dixon lives on a rural property. The plot revolves around the lives of…

Dinuka McKenzie is one of a growing group of young Australian crime novelists who have emerged in the past few years. She has written two…

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is a prolific Icelandic author of both crime novels and children’s fiction, who began writing in 1989. The Day is Dark is one…

Reykjavík is an interesting collaboration between noted Icelandic crime writer Ragnar Jónasson and the then Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, which seems to have…

This novel written by Elliott Roosevelt (though ghost written by William Harrington), the son of President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and published in 1994, is…

Ragnar Jonasson is one of the best-known authors contributing to what is a fast developing Icelandic crime noir. He has sold over five million books,…

Never underestimate a tea lady! Someone suggests that there’s nothing to fear from a tea lady. Betty’s reply? ‘Don’t be too sure of that.’  How…

I cannot deny, I am a huge fan of this series. At twenty-six installments, McCall Smith still doesn’t fail to deliver yet another heart-warming tale…

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…