Humidity

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 06/11/2024 - 10:51am by Karen

The image of the book cover for Humidity by Dan Kaufman has a drawing of a town pub, The Iron Castle. It's a two story wooden building with a verandah and balcony. There's a Hotel sign on the side, and it's a combination of green posts, white and tan coloured walls. There's an electricity line running in front, a TV aerial on the roof, and a white dog walking down a red dirt road. The I in the title of the book is a cricket bat.

Welcome to an Aussie town where the violence is rampant and the humidity’s hell

Ben doesn’t like being a nude model in a small country town. Then again, the local footballers don’t like their girlfriends ogling Ben.

Broke and desperately lonely, Ben...Read more

Poison at Penshaw Hall

BOOK ADDED: Fri, 20/09/2024 - 8:41pm by Karen

The book cover of Poison at Penshaw Hall by G.B. Ralph has a mauve coloured map as the background with a pale green square in the middle and a sketch of a male goat with large horns at the right. There is a note at the bottom that says it's 'A Milverton Mystery'

Addison Harper is back, and with another dead body at his feet. Only this time, the entire town saw it happen.

Milverton is in the running for the Terrific Town Award, so a dramatic death at the opening ceremony is far from ideal. Addison had only been lending...Read more

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