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Fiction Book Reviews
Truth by Peter Temple
18 August, 2009
It’s fair to say this is a highly anticipated book but probably a little misleading to call it a highly anticipated sequel.
18 August, 2009
It’s fair to say this is a highly anticipated book but probably a little misleading to call it a highly anticipated sequel.
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait by K A Bedford
18 August, 2009
West Australian K A Bedford is author of several books.
18 August, 2009
West Australian K A Bedford is author of several books.
Summertime by J M Coetzee
17 August, 2009
Summertime is the final instalment of ‘Scenes from Provincial Life’, South African-Australian Nobel laureate Coetzee’s superb trilogy of autobiographical novels.
17 August, 2009
Summertime is the final instalment of ‘Scenes from Provincial Life’, South African-Australian Nobel laureate Coetzee’s superb trilogy of autobiographical novels.
Stealing Picasso by Anson Cameron
17 August, 2009
If there were a prize for the novel with the most misleading cover, Stealing Picasso would win it.
17 August, 2009
If there were a prize for the novel with the most misleading cover, Stealing Picasso would win it.
Sharp Shooter by Marianne Delacourt
17 August, 2009
Sharp Shooter is a new crime novel with a sassy twist, written by Marianne Delacourt, the pseudonym or alter ego of the successful speculative fiction author Marianne de Pierres.
17 August, 2009
Sharp Shooter is a new crime novel with a sassy twist, written by Marianne Delacourt, the pseudonym or alter ego of the successful speculative fiction author Marianne de Pierres.
Red Queen by H M Brown
17 August, 2009
On a remote property in rural Australia two brothers are holed up in a cabin, armed and prepared to defend themselves from intruders.
17 August, 2009
On a remote property in rural Australia two brothers are holed up in a cabin, armed and prepared to defend themselves from intruders.
The Prodigal Mage: Fisherman’s Children, Book One by Karen Miller
17 August, 2009
This is the first volume in a new series that follows on from the ‘Kingmaker, Kingbreaker’ duo.
17 August, 2009
This is the first volume in a new series that follows on from the ‘Kingmaker, Kingbreaker’ duo.
The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom
17 August, 2009
This is the debut novel from Chicago-based Australian author Goldie Goldbloom.
17 August, 2009
This is the debut novel from Chicago-based Australian author Goldie Goldbloom.
The Nature of Ice by Robyn Mundy
17 August, 2009
Antarctica-enthusiasts, photographers, history buffs or anyone who likes an engaging story will enjoy the flow of The Nature of Ice.
17 August, 2009
Antarctica-enthusiasts, photographers, history buffs or anyone who likes an engaging story will enjoy the flow of The Nature of Ice.
The Man in the Shed: Selected Stories by Lloyd Jones
17 August, 2009
Lloyd Jones is a masterly writer: lyrical, economical and satisfying in his use of narrative and image.
17 August, 2009
Lloyd Jones is a masterly writer: lyrical, economical and satisfying in his use of narrative and image.
The Last Stormlord: Random Rain, Book One by Glenda Larke
17 August, 2009
This is the first book of the ‘Random Rain’ series.
17 August, 2009
This is the first book of the ‘Random Rain’ series.
Hollywood Ending by Kathy Charles
17 August, 2009
Hollywood Ending pushes aside glamour and explores the cultish obsession with celebrity deaths.
17 August, 2009
Hollywood Ending pushes aside glamour and explores the cultish obsession with celebrity deaths.
Heartless by Tasma Walton
17 August, 2009
I was uncertain about this book at first (and I shamefacedly admit) more than a little suspicious of the notion of the celebrity-turned-author.
17 August, 2009
I was uncertain about this book at first (and I shamefacedly admit) more than a little suspicious of the notion of the celebrity-turned-author.
Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
17 August, 2009
The David Unaipon Award rewards the best unpublished Indigenous writing in Australia.
17 August, 2009
The David Unaipon Award rewards the best unpublished Indigenous writing in Australia.
Blood Born by Kathryn Fox
17 August, 2009
The list of Kathryn Fox’s crime-writing peers who have praised her earlier novels--Malicious Intent, Without Consent and Skin and Bone--is impressive and includes Jeffery Deaver and Lee Child.
17 August, 2009
The list of Kathryn Fox’s crime-writing peers who have praised her earlier novels--Malicious Intent, Without Consent and Skin and Bone--is impressive and includes Jeffery Deaver and Lee Child.
Bad Behaviour by Liz Byrski
17 August, 2009
In Bad Behaviour, we follow the lives of three young women through their experiences in the 1960s, two of them in swinging London and one as a member of the Stolen Generation.
17 August, 2009
In Bad Behaviour, we follow the lives of three young women through their experiences in the 1960s, two of them in swinging London and one as a member of the Stolen Generation.
The Umbrella Club by David Brooks
17 August, 2009
Ballooning is the common interest of the members of London’s ‘Umbrella Club’, and this novel of the same name is the story of two of its more intrepid members:
17 August, 2009
Ballooning is the common interest of the members of London’s ‘Umbrella Club’, and this novel of the same name is the story of two of its more intrepid members:
The Sea Bed by Marele Day
15 July, 2009
Marele Day’s latest work takes readers on a journey into the lives of three characters each searching for a direction to ease the longing in their soul.
15 July, 2009
Marele Day’s latest work takes readers on a journey into the lives of three characters each searching for a direction to ease the longing in their soul.
Omega Park by Amy Barker
15 July, 2009
Omega Park, Amy Barker’s first novel, won the 2008 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Best Emerging Author.
15 July, 2009
Omega Park, Amy Barker’s first novel, won the 2008 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Best Emerging Author.
The Interrogator by J J Cooper
15 July, 2009
Jay Ryan is the Australian Army’s highest ranking interrogator and he always gets answers, but this time he finds himself on the other side--facing a sadistic superior officer--and everything he knows and trusts shatters into devastating illusion.
15 July, 2009
Jay Ryan is the Australian Army’s highest ranking interrogator and he always gets answers, but this time he finds himself on the other side--facing a sadistic superior officer--and everything he knows and trusts shatters into devastating illusion.
Double Back by Mark Abernethy
15 July, 2009
If constant action, detailed fight scenes, heavy product placement and sometimes illogical but always exciting and dramatic plots are what you seek in a film, then welcome to the equivalent in book form.
15 July, 2009
If constant action, detailed fight scenes, heavy product placement and sometimes illogical but always exciting and dramatic plots are what you seek in a film, then welcome to the equivalent in book form.
Don’t Tell Eve by Airlie Lawson
15 July, 2009
Don’t Tell Eve, the first novel by Airlie Lawson, is billed as a comedic piece of chick-lit that takes something of a bat to the publishing industry.
15 July, 2009
Don’t Tell Eve, the first novel by Airlie Lawson, is billed as a comedic piece of chick-lit that takes something of a bat to the publishing industry.
Document Z by Andrew Croome
14 July, 2009
2008 Vogel Award winner Document Z is based on ‘the Petrov affair’.
14 July, 2009
2008 Vogel Award winner Document Z is based on ‘the Petrov affair’.
Dark Griffin: The Griffin Trilogy: Book One by K J Taylor
14 July, 2009
Nineteen year-old Arren, the son of a former slave, should never have become one of the elite griffiners-- the companions to griffins who rule the city--and there are those who should be his friends who would like to see him brought low.
14 July, 2009
Nineteen year-old Arren, the son of a former slave, should never have become one of the elite griffiners-- the companions to griffins who rule the city--and there are those who should be his friends who would like to see him brought low.
The Danger Game by Kalinda Ashton
14 July, 2009
While big Australian publishers are busy fighting each other with vampires and gangsters, small presses are quietly putting out some of the most impressive literary fiction of recent years.
14 July, 2009
While big Australian publishers are busy fighting each other with vampires and gangsters, small presses are quietly putting out some of the most impressive literary fiction of recent years.
