Archive for August, 2013

Red Mist fails to deliver

August 31, 2013
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Red Mist fails to deliver

Red Mist, by Patricia Cornwell (Little, Brown, RRP $28): While the likes of Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series is getting better and better, I feel Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series is about ready for retirement. The front cover was suitably moody, the back cover was full of tense descriptions and drama about a “gripping,...

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Keyes’ chronicles continue

August 23, 2013
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Keyes’ chronicles continue

The Mystery of Mercy Close, by Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph, RRP $38): If you have read any of Marian Keyes’ earlier stories featuring the delightfully dysfunctional Walsh family, this will be the one you’ve been waiting for. The Walsh family first popped up in Watermelon, back in 1995. That novel topped bestseller lists everywhere...

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Bosch back on the case

August 5, 2013
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Bosch back on the case

The Black Box, by Michael Connelly (Allen & Unwin, RRP $40): This latest in the Harry Bosch thriller series centres on a past case that comes back to haunt our hero. As the 1992 Los Angeles riots threatened to destroy his home city, Detective Bosch and his colleagues are trying to carry on with...

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Not cheap but very cheerful

August 4, 2013
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Not cheap but very cheerful

Yucky Mucky, by Malanie Drewery and Trevor Pye; Big Mac, by Karen and Samantha Lane; That Dog at the Beach, by Janene Cooper and Evie Kemp (all published by Duck Creek Press, RRP $30 each): These hard-cover gems are both cute and quirky stories that are sure to be a hit with the littlies....

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