Bad Seed by Alan Carter
Bad Seed by Alan Carter tells of Cato Kwong forced to recall a personal history that makes his investigation doubly painful when Francis Tan and…
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Author Review: Qiu Xiaolong
Author Review on crime & mystery novelist and academic writer, Qiu Xiaolong, and his extensive body of work.
From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #24) by Alexander McCall Smith
McCall Smith has written another delightful instalment in this wonderful series. As always, it is full of gentle humour and sage advice. The ‘mysteries’ are…
The Last Order by Steve Berry
The Lost Order is the latest novel in Steve Berry’s action-packed, thrilling Cotton Malone a covert spy series.
Author Review: Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters’ most popular series are The Cadfael Chronicles, about a mediaeval monk and The Inspector George Felse Mysteries, about a police inspector.
Catching up with Ryan Butta
Last month the SMSA had the pleasure of hosting an eye-opening author talk by writer Ryan Butta. The talk explored Ryan’s latest book The Ballad…
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
‘Opportunity and refuge: the privilege of the migrant Australian. Our lifelong responsibility and debt to be repaid. Opportunity and refuge: the entitlement of the white…
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
The follow up to Life after Life, A God in Ruins centers on Teddy Todd. Following his development boy to man, touching on how war…
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear is Book 1 of the Jenny Casey series (AKA the Wetwired series) and won the 2007 Locus Award for First…
The Cloning of Joanna May by Fay Weldon
The Cloning of Joanna May by Fay Weldon, is both funny and disturbing, using humour to examine the very real ethical issues around cloning and…
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…
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North (Harold Fry #3) by Rachel Joyce
‘How do we do it? How do we accept the unacceptable?’ This is the last book in the trilogy that began with the wonderful The…