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Crime Fiction

The Murder Of Madeline Brown, Francis Adams

I'll be honest - I was keen to read this book because of the similarity in timeframe for its writing to that of Fergus Hume's The Mystery of the Hansom Cab - and because of Shane Maloney's excellent introduction to the book comments that Adam's made no particularly literary claims for this...Read more

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Murder and Mendelssohn, Kerry Greenwood

Phryne Fisher returns in her 20th mystery, and one gets the distinct impression that the singer in Ms Greenwood has had issues with choir conductors in the past. But that's not the only thing that really stood out in MURDER AND MENDELSSOHN.

Fans will, as always, find Miss...Read more

Murder Mindfully, Karsten Dusse

First few chapters - what on earth am I doing reading this.

Next few chapters - okay I'm getting this, this is .... different.

Next few chapters - what do you mean you want something ... can't you see I'm busy.

Why do I keep hearing Henning Wehn's...Read more

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Murder Most Malicious, Kitty Jackson

Set in the early twentieth century in mannered and beautiful Dunedin, New Zealand there are plenty of similarities between the stories of Mr Mancini and the delightfully idiosyncratic Hercule Poirot. A cerebral solver of crime, his collaboration with the acerbic Detective Haynes is a nice...Read more

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Murder on a Midsummer Night, Kerry Greenwood

It's been a long time since I caught up with Phryne and her household of adopted daughters, faithful retainer, dedicated companion, cook and exotic lover.  Part of the reason for that was the feeling that it was all a little same old same old.  What I did find with MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER...Read more

Murder on Broadway, John Rosanowski

Quirkly written tale of 1870's gold rush New Zealand, with more than enough parallels with local history to make this believable and entertaining reading. Central character Gordon Trembath, is a young, inexperienced police constable, stuck with being the only one on duty over the Christmas...Read more

Murder on Display, Reece Pocock

If there's one thing I'm a huge fan of it's dialogue that's realistic. Crisp, authentic and realistic. That and plots and the behaviour of characters that are consistent.

MURDER ON DISPLAY is obviously based sort of loosely (very loosely in some parts) around true events in the...Read more

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Murder on the Brighton Express, Edward Marston

MURDER ON THE BRIGHTON EXPRESS is the fifth in the Railway Detective series and it’s easy to see why the series is popular.  Colbeck is a progressive and broadminded man; a rarity in Victorian times.  It is easy to visualise the Victorian world that the author Edward Marston has chosen for...Read more

Murder on the Eiffel Tower, Claude Izner

I suspect we all pick up a book looking forward to what is going to happen.  So normally around page 50 a reader will be getting twitchy if nothing much has happened.  Get to the end of the book and it still seems like you're waiting for something to happen and it's a very frustrating...Read more

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A Murder of Quality, John Le Carre

Second in the Smiley series - this is another one of those sets of books that I waited too long to revisit. As mentioned in my review of the first novel, it was the tone and style of Le Carre's narration of AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD that tweeked my interest and when listened to in that...Read more

Murder And Redemption

Syd Fielding is on a fishing trip when he hears a horrifying scream ... What he doesn′t yet know is that a young man is being fed to a saltwater crocodile.

So begins MURDER AND REDEMPTION, an absorbing crime novel which follows in the traditions of Jon Cleary and Peter Temple....Read more

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Murder and Redemption, Noel Mealy

2011 was an interesting year in Australian Crime fiction with quite a few excellent debut books appearing.  In 2012 we've started off with the release of MURDER AND REDEMPTION by Noel Mealey, another debut, another book set in outback Western Australia, and another book aiming for a...Read more

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The Murder Trail, Leonie Mateer

The third book in the Audrey Murders series, THE MURDER TRAIL is set in a very picturesque location in the far north of New Zealand. Audrey owns a beautiful holiday cabin property perched on a rural mountain top. She's been unlucky in love and she's a serial killing psychopath.

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A Murder Unmentioned, Sulari Gentill

Sulari Gentill has never pulled her punches when it comes to putting Rowly Sinclair in a spot of peril, and it turns out that she's even prepared to do that retrospectively. In the process she makes the idea of being a scion of this particular landed gentry family a rather sobering prospect...Read more

Murder With the Lot, Sue Williams

MURDER WITH THE LOT is set in the fictional Mallee town of Rusty Bore, featuring Cass Tuplin, fish and chip shop owner, mother, and self-appointed private investigator. The story is told all from Cass's viewpoint, a viewpoint which is somewhat skewed towards a ... how should we put this...Read more

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The Murdered House, Pierre Magnan

There is a lot that I liked about this book. Not your traditional "crime story" it's probably best to flag it as a mystery. The mystery builds right from the start with the brutal massacre of an entire family - except for one. When that one orphan, now a man home from the war, returns to...Read more

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My Husband's Lies, Caroline England

There is much to like about MY HUSBANDS LIES.  We have an intimate view over the shoulders of four people who thought that they would be together forever, but in reality, time has been gradually easing them apart.   It’s a long time for a group of school friends to stay at this level of...Read more

My Island Homicide, Catherine Titasey

I love fiction that's set in remote communities, that's obviously written with great affection and experience of those communities - albeit with an outsider's viewpoint. It's obvious that this author has a close connection with, and affection for TI and it's people and the way that the...Read more

My Name is N, Robert Karjel

When this review book arrived it was added to the teetering pile beside the couch, from where it was plucked by my partner on a cold Saturday afternoon, probably because he couldn't be bothered moving too far. Which turned out to be the last movement he made for quite some time. Needless to...Read more

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My Perfect Wife, Clare Boyd

As popular fiction catches up with the fact that the home is where true horror lives, there’s a heck of a lot of authors writing about the dangers nested deep in our most intimate relationships.  My Perfect Wife depicts how many small acts of cruelty and control can incrementally cause such...Read more

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The Mystery of the Crooked Man, Tom Spencer

This was one of those fortuitous pickups in the Audio section of the library's BorrowBox app. Probably based on the reference to Magpie Murders in the blurb, which was a TV series I thoroughly enjoyed. It might also be because of the description of the main protagonist:

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