Australian literature, Australian women writers, Books, Crime/Mystery, history, Reading, Reviews, Rowland Sinclair

Gentlemen Formerly Dressed by Sulari Gentill

Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: November 1st, 2013 Book Synopsis: After narrowly escaping Nazi terror, Rowland Sinclair and his companions land in London, believing they are safe. But they are wrong. A bizarre murder plunges the hapless Australians into a queer world of British aristocracy, Fascist Blackshirts, illicit… Continue reading Gentlemen Formerly Dressed by Sulari Gentill

Australian literature, Australian women writers, Books, Fairytales, Kate Forsyth, Reading, Reviews

Eighteenth Anniversary of Dragonclaw

I am a few days late, but it has been, as of the first of June, the eighteenth anniversary of Kate Forsyth publishing her first novel, Dragonclaw. I still have my first edition copies on my shelf, collecting dust, but waiting to be read again. I started the series at fifteen, when, in search of… Continue reading Eighteenth Anniversary of Dragonclaw

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Five Years of Rowland Sinclair

Five years ago, on the first of June, Rowland Sinclair and his artist compatriots were released from the grey cells and imagination of Sulari Gentill into the literary world, with the help of the fantastic team at Pantera Press. A 1930s gentleman of means, living in a family estate in Woollahra, with his friends Elias… Continue reading Five Years of Rowland Sinclair

Australian literature, Australian women writers, Books, Crime/Mystery, history, Reading, Reviews, Rowland Sinclair

Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: Paving the New Road (Rowland Sinclair, #4) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: August 1st, 2012 Book Synopsis: It’s 1933, and the political landscape of Europe is darkening. Eric Campbell, the man who would be Australia’s Führer, is on a fascist tour of the Continent, meeting dictators… Continue reading Paving the New Road by Sulari Gentill

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Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: Miles Off Course (Rowland Sinclair, #3) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: February 1st, 2012 Book Synopsis: In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed. And then Harry Simpson… Continue reading Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill

Australian literature, Australian women writers, Books, Crime/Mystery, Reading, Reviews, Rowland Sinclair

A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: A Decline in Prophets (Rowland Sinclair, #2) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: July 1st, 2011 Book synopsis: In 1932, the R.M.S. Aquitania embodies all that is gracious and refined, in a world gripped by crisis and doubt. Returning home on the luxury liner after months abroad,… Continue reading A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill

Australian literature, Australian women writers, Books, Crime/Mystery, history, Reading, Reviews, Rowland Sinclair

A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: A Few Right Thinking Men (Rowland Sinclair, #1) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: June 1st, 2010 Book synopsis: Rowland Sinclair is an artist and a gentleman. In Australia's 1930s the Sinclair name is respectable and influential, yet Rowland has a talent for scandal. Even with thousands… Continue reading A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill

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Veneri Verbum Book Review

Veneri Verbum by Zanzibar 7 Schwarzenegger Writing a book may be the perfect solution to all of Christopher Cullum's problems. He's currently living at home (at age twenty-five), but his mom fears she'll be doing his laundry forever. If he doesn't accomplish something notable soon, she may invoke some tough love. He might even have… Continue reading Veneri Verbum Book Review

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The Ice Cage by Joshua Cejka

The Ice Cage by Joshua Cejka When the Twin Cities do winter festivals, they spare no expense - outside taverns with gas heating, photo Santa in a sleigh, room made of polished ice with a dead body inside... wait a minute. When such a very public affront to the festival spirit comes up, Homicide Detective… Continue reading The Ice Cage by Joshua Cejka

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Craven by Melanie Casey

Book Title: Craven, Book Two of the Cass Lehman and Ed Dyson series Author: Melanie Casey Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime Release Date: June 1st, 2014 Book Synopsis: A reluctant psychic, a troubled detective... and a deeply twisted serial killer. Moving to the city, Cass Lehman hoped to leave her recent notoriety behind her. Her… Continue reading Craven by Melanie Casey