Title: Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories Author: Fin J Ross Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 213 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A linguistics expert solves the murder of her mentor. Mrs Hudson foils a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Men keep dying from their own sheer stupidity. A frozen… Continue reading Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories by Fin J Ross
Category: Crime/Mystery
The Book Club and Other Stories by Natalie Conyer
Title: The Book Club and Other Stories Author: Natalie Conyer Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 202 Price: $32.95 Synopsis: A group of librarians open an S&M club. A Victorian maid disrupts a séance. An older woman stands up for herself. A jewel thief uncovers a love story.… Continue reading The Book Club and Other Stories by Natalie Conyer
The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
Title: The Midwatch Author: Judith Rossell Genre: Mystery Publisher: Hardie Grant Published: 1st October 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: The biggest children's book of the year! The Midwatch is the long-awaited new middle-grade novel from internationally bestselling author–illustrator Judith Rossell, creator of the multi-award-winning novel Withering-by-Sea.‘The city was stuffed full of wickedness, everyone knew that… Continue reading The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
The Strange Sighting (Alice England #3) by Ash Harrier
Title: The Strange Sighting (Alice England #3) Author: Ash Harrier Genre: Mystery Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 30th January 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 280 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Alice England and her friends are back with a mystery that throws them straight in the deep end. Alice has a special talent. When she touches the belongings of… Continue reading The Strange Sighting (Alice England #3) by Ash Harrier
October 2024 Reading Round Up
During October I read 16 books – not as many as I had hoped, as I had a few things going on and a trip away, but I managed to get in a few good reads, and most were reviewed, apart from one that I struggled with. I have a few things going on over… Continue reading October 2024 Reading Round Up
Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Title: Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret Author: Amy Doak Genre: Crime Publisher: Penguin Published: 2nd July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Eleanor Jones stirs up more mystery and danger in this fast-paced YA mystery. Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal –… Continue reading Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
The Outback Court Reporter by Jamelle Wells
Title: The Outback Court Reporter Author: Jamelle Wells Genre: True Crime Publisher: ABC/HarperCollins Publishers Published: 14th February 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: One of Australia's most experienced court reporters goes on a judicial road trip. Outback Court Reporter is a sometimes funny, sometimes tragic look at the comings and goings on inside the… Continue reading The Outback Court Reporter by Jamelle Wells
The Lost Library by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
Title: The Lost Library Author: Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead Genre: Mystery Publisher: Text Australia Published: 3rd October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The New York Times bestselling authors of Bob, Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, introduce readers to a little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery… Continue reading The Lost Library by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
If Only He Never by T.C. Correy
Title: If Only He Never Author: T.C. Correy Genre: Crime Publisher: Champagne Book Group Published: 22nd May 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 302 Price: $48.99 Synopsis: Labelled "conman of the year" by the media, Curtis hasn't got much left, besides his life. Then he learns that to a scientist he's worth billions - dead. When Curtis's… Continue reading If Only He Never by T.C. Correy
2024 Dymocks Reading Challenge Completed
One of the reading challenges I embarked on in 2024 was the Dymocks Reading Challenge. This year, they ran it from January to October as a tasting menu, and most prompts were easy to fill, whilst others I had to think a bit more about. Luckily though, many of my review books were able to… Continue reading 2024 Dymocks Reading Challenge Completed
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