Title: Every Word a Lie Author: Sue Wallman Genre: Crime Publisher: Scholastic UK Published: 1st November 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Someone is catfishing ... to kill. Award-winning author Sue Wallman tells a nail-biting story of a catfishing prank that gets out of control ... and gets deadly. Two friends, Amy and… Continue reading Every Word a Lie by Sue Wallman
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Completion of QBD Reading Challenge 2023
I have completed the 2023 QBD Challenge. My last prompt was a funny memoir, which in some ways was hard to find, but I settled on Paul Jennings’ memoir, Untwisted, which was funny in parts, and I enjoyed the way he told the stories – with humour and empathy throughout. I reviewed twenty books for… Continue reading Completion of QBD Reading Challenge 2023
Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
Title: Murder on a School Night Author: Kate Weston Genre: Crime, Mystery Publisher: HarperCollins Australia/Electric Monkey Published: 6th July 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $13.99 Synopsis: Sex Education meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this darkly hilarious YA murder mystery by Comedy Women in Print Prize and Carnegie Medal nominated author, Kate Weston. ‘Fiercely funny,… Continue reading Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
Completed: Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023
This year, I took on the Dymocks Reading Challenge again. This time, we got our prompts season by season, which made it more challenging to plan what to read, but in the end, I managed to do it. The prompts were fairly flexible as well – there were ones anything could fit into and ones… Continue reading Completed: Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023
Blog Tour: Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley
Title: Bone Rites Author: Natalie Bayley Genre: Historical Fiction/Thriller Publisher: Aurora Metro Books Published: 31st October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 314 Price: $25.99 Synopsis: Winner of The Virginia Prize for Fiction Bone Rites is a dark, literary tale of love, loss and one woman's obsessive fight for justice and redemption within a ruthless world. I… Continue reading Blog Tour: Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley
Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express by Gareth P. Jones
Title: Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express Author: Gareth P. Jones Genre: Mystery, Detective, Fantasy, Supernatural Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 4th October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: One puzzling mystery. Several slippery suspects. Endless possibilities!Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies… Continue reading Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express by Gareth P. Jones
Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse by Alasdair Beckett-King
Title: Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse Author: Alasdair Beckett-King Genre: Mystery Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 4th October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The second instalment in a brilliantly clever, funny and highly illustrated murder mystery seriesThe most troublesome thing about being a detective is that it is almost impossible to go on… Continue reading Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse by Alasdair Beckett-King
If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next by Jack Heath
Title: If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next Author: Jack Heath Genre: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: An exclusive group chat. A deadly challenge. How far would you go to join? Jayden Jones is missing. Everyone thinks he ran away. His best friend, Zoe Gale, knows… Continue reading If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next by Jack Heath
Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer
Title: Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose Author: Nancy Springer Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th September 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Enola Holmes, Sherlock's much younger and feistier sister, returns in this new and final adventure in the internationally bestselling series and breakout Netflix sensation.… Continue reading Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer
Dangerous Devotions by AD Penhall
Title: Dangerous Devotions Author: AD Penhall Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st July 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 315 Price: $36.95 Synopsis: A beautiful city on a glittering harbour,where not everything is tourist brochure perfect. Sydney – where beauty is in the eye of the beholderand where even the strangest desires can be met.… Continue reading Dangerous Devotions by AD Penhall
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