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Some of my Favourite Australian Authors

Today is Australia Day, and I usually spend it quietly with books, often by an Australian author such as Kate Forsyth, Sulari Gentill, Anita Heiss,  or Jackie French. Many of the Australian authors I enjoy are women authors, and their books genre blend and tell the stories of characters who may be forgotten or silenced,… Continue reading Some of my Favourite Australian Authors

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Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill.

Title: Give The Devil His Due (Rowland Sinclair #7) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Category: Historical Fiction/Crime Pages: 384 Available formats: Print and ebook Publication Date: 1/11/15 RRP: AU$29.99 Synopsis: The 7th book in the award-winning Australian historical crime fiction Rowland Sinclair Mystery Series When Rowland Sinclair is invited to take his yellow Mercedes… Continue reading Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill.

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A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: A Murder Unmentioned (Rowland Sinclair, #6) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: November 1st, 2014 Book Synopsis: The black sheep of a wealthy grazier dynasty, gentleman artist Rowland Sinclair often takes matters into his own hands. When the matter is murder, there are consequences. For nearly fourteen… Continue reading A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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