Title: The Last Train Author: Sue Lawrence Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Sue Lawrence serves up a brilliant historical mystery, meticulously researched and densely plotted, with plenty of twists and a gripping climax. At 7 p.m. on 28 December 1879, a violent… Continue reading The Last Train by Sue Lawrence
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Book Bingo One: A Book Set More Than 100 Years Ago
To kick off my book bingo, I have a book that would have ticked off three squares. However, as with the Popsugar Challenge, I would like to see if I can do a different book for each square. Throughout this challenge, I will be marking off squares as the books fit… Continue reading Book Bingo One: A Book Set More Than 100 Years Ago
Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe #3) by Janine Beacham
Title: Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe #3) Author: Janine Beacham Genre: Historical Fiction/Crime/Children’s Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Little Brown Books for Young Readers Published: 11th January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 277 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The city of Yorke is under attack and it's up to Rose Raventhorpe and Yorke's secret society of butlers… Continue reading Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe #3) by Janine Beacham
Rain Fall by Ella West
Title: Rain Fall Author: Ella West Genre: YA Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 2nd January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A tense, engaging read that will have you racing through the pages. I'm not running late like I usually am. Maybe that's why I look in the river, maybe that's why… Continue reading Rain Fall by Ella West
Wrap up #4: Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2017: Challenge Completed
Wrap up #4: Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2017: Challenge Completed 2017 was the first year I took part in the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge, and it was the sixth year it has been running. Keen to read more Australian Women Writers and raise the profile of our wonderfully talented female authors, I signed… Continue reading Wrap up #4: Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2017: Challenge Completed
Wrap Up #3: Favourite Reads of 2017
Wrap Up #3: Favourite Reads of 2017 In my third wrap up post for 2017, I am looking at my favourite reads of the year. Over the past twelve months of reading so many books, narrowing down my favourites has been quite hard. There are definitely a few that stick out, though. Deciding how… Continue reading Wrap Up #3: Favourite Reads of 2017
After I’ve Gone by Linda Green
Title: After I’ve Gone Author: Linda Green Genre: Thriller/Crime Publisher: Quercus/Hachette Published: 25th July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 440 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: You have 18 months left to live . . . On a wet Monday in January, Jess Mount checks Facebook and discovers her timeline appears to have skipped forward 18 months, to a… Continue reading After I’ve Gone by Linda Green
Murder on Christmas Eve edited by Cecily Gayford
Title: Murder on Christmas Eve Author: Various Authors, Edited by Cecily Gayford Genre: Crime, short stories Publisher: Profile Books Published: 22nd November 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The follow up to the bestselling crime collection Murder under the Christmas Tree Christmas Eve. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the sky, presents… Continue reading Murder on Christmas Eve edited by Cecily Gayford
Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways (Rose Raventhorpe #2) by Janine Beacham
Title: Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways (Rose Raventhorpe #2) Author: Janine Beacham Genre: Children/Mystery/Crime Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 25th July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 245 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey It's a bitterly cold winter in Yorke and Rose Raventhorpe and her butler Heddsworth are stuck with Rose's unpleasant cousin Herbert, and… Continue reading Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways (Rose Raventhorpe #2) by Janine Beacham
Sleep No More by P.D. James
Title: Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales Author: P.D. James Genre: Crime Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin/Faber Fiction Published: 25th October 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 176 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: A second collection of short stories from P.D. James. Six further stories are published together for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition. As a… Continue reading Sleep No More by P.D. James
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