Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian teenagers, Efemelu & Obinze, get the opportunity to live and study in the USA and UK. A story of love, race and integration.
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River of Darkness (John Madden #1) by Rennie Airth
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…
To Die For by David Baldacci
The author has delivered another ripping action spymaster thriller in the Travis Devine, Department of Homeland Security, series. This is book three of the series…
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2025
Three days of crime fiction, true crime and social justice events, crime walks and writing workshops. There will also be manuscript feedback! Welcome to BAD…
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…
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik
True to its mantra, the SMSA Library holds a number of out-of-print works by mystery and crime authors including Robert Van Gulik
The Elm Creek Quilts Series by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Elm Creek Quilts Series by Jennifer Chiaverini is a series of mystery novels, using American quilting lore as the basis for their stories.
Author Review: Nathan Lowell
Author Review: Nathan Lowell – the series deals with a man becoming the owner of a spaceship carrying passengers and cargo and their adventures to…
Listen Again: An Afternoon with Tara Moss
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you put a bestselling author, a sharp interviewer and a room full of curious readers in the…
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 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…
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon has had a huge following for years with her Outlander series, the first novel of which, Cross Stitch, was released in 1991.
