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Babylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher

Title: Babylon Berlin Author: Volker Kutscher, translated by Niall Seller Genre: Crime/Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 528 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A GEREON RATH MYSTERY 'Political maelstrom, a populist right on the march -- sound familiar? . . . It's fabulous debauchery and naughtiness, a political maelstrom and a… Continue reading Babylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher

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Book Bingo Four: A book more than 500 pages, a book with themes of culture, and a book with a mystery.

    In my fourth book bingo, I have three books to include and link back to. At this stage, I have almost completed the fifth column on the square, with the final square needing a foreign translated book - yet to be decided. The others are all a little bit spaced out randomly at… Continue reading Book Bingo Four: A book more than 500 pages, a book with themes of culture, and a book with a mystery.

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The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin

Title: The Wicked Cometh Author: Laura Carlin Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Hachette Australia Published: 13th February, 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 343 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Even in the darkest of times, you cannot bury the truth . . . A debut historical novel that will appeal to fans of Sarah… Continue reading The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin

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Olmec Obituary by L.J.M. Owen

Title: Olmec Obituary Author: L.J.M. Owen Genre: Crime/Mystery Publisher: Echo Published: August 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 342 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Archaeologist Dr Elizabeth Pimms thoroughly enjoys digging up old skeletons. But when she is called home from Egypt after a family loss, she has to sacrifice her passions for the sake of those around her.… Continue reading Olmec Obituary by L.J.M. Owen

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The Last Train by Sue Lawrence

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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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

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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

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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

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The Boy Made From Snow by Chloë Mayer

Title: The Boy Made From Snow Author: Chloë Mayer Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Hachette Published: 14th November 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 328 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: 'THE BOY MADE OF SNOW had me compulsively turning the pages to find out the fate of Daniel and his mother. A haunting and thrilling read. I absolutely loved it' Kate… Continue reading The Boy Made From Snow by Chloë Mayer

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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