Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
Hen and her husband Llyod have settled into a quiet life in a new house and Hen has found the right meds to control her…
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Still Life by Sarah Winman
Do not be deterred by the lack of punctuation (Winman uses no quotation marks for dialogue) or by the strangely truncated sentences. Because once you’ve…
Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan
What makes a great crime book? A book that is about so much more than the crime itself. Midnight at Malabar House is that sort…
The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
A cross between Ocean’s 8 and Downton Abbey, this historical heist novel kept this reader thoroughly captivated from the first paragraph to the final sentence….
NOS4R2 by Joe Hill
This book is in the June new books list. Joe Hill’s newest novel NOS4R2 is a dark and macabre story, playing with the time-worn tropes…
Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe mixes reality with fiction in this book which is an unapologetic love-letter to the titular Billy Wilder, one of the greatest film directors…
End Game by David Baldacci
End Game is David Baldacci’s fifth installment in the Will Robie series, paring Robie up with an equally skilled agent, Jessica Reel.
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler is a fictionalised account of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s marriage from Zelda’s viewpoint.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce #1) by Alan Bradley
Whether you are going to like this novel or not is totally reliant on how you respond to the narrator: the titular Flavia de Luce,…
The Forsaken (Logan Booth #1) by Matt Rogers
Rogers has flown under my radar for the last 10 years, but he is definitely on my radar now! Rogers writing style is so engrossing…
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
Reading was the only true form of joy and solace, the only intellectual freedom they still possessed and they cherished it like life itself. Another…
Event Recording: Peter FitzSimons Author Talk
We were joined by Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer and journalist, Peter FitzSimons to talk about his latest book – The Legend of Albert Jacka….