Children of War trilogy: Tamar, White Feathers, Blue Smoke, by Deborah Challinor (HarperCollins, RRP $25 each): Deborah Challinor’s best-selling Children of War trilogy has been re-released with new covers to appeal to a new generation of readers. The dramatic family…
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Behind the scenes with a real forensic scientist
Expert Witness, by Dr Anna Sandiford (HarperCollins, RRP $33): With programmes such as Bones and CSI, we all feel familiar with the inner workings of the forensic side of police investigations, but the real thing is somewhat different. Expert Witness…
‘Something terrible has happened’
Killing Hour, by Andrew Gross (HarperCollins, RRP $40): Jay Handler has what appears to be a perfect life, with a beautiful wife and children and a successful career. During a romantic dinner with his wife to mark their anniversary, a…
System failings the issue now
Trial by Ambush: The Trials of David Bain, by Joe Karam (HarperCollins, RRP $45): On June 20, 1994, David Bain called emergency services to report finding his entire family dead. His parents Robin and Margaret, sisters Arawa and Laniet and…
Memoir tells of turbulent past
This is a Call: the life and times of Dave Grohl, by Paul Brannigan (HarperCollins, RRP $40): Back in 1990, when Dave Grohl joined a little-known band as the new drummer, few people would have expected the band was about…
Author pronounces on happiness and stuff
Seriously . . . I’m Kidding, by Ellen Degeneres (HarperCollins, RRP $40): I missed all the Ellen excitement when she first hit our screens back in the 1990s, because I worked nights and didn’t really watch a lot of television…
Chick lit … but I enjoyed them
Hand Me Down, by Michelle Holman (HarperCollins, RRP $25): Waikato author Michelle Holman’s latest book features bad girl April Ritchie, who returns home to Pisa after a nine-year absence. April was a bit of a spoilt brat who never made…
McLaren proved Kiwis can fly
The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook, by Jan McLaren & Richard Becht (HarperCollins, RRP $60): In the world of motorsport, Bruce McLaren did it all: he was a driver, creator, designer, engineer, constructor and even a team owner. On top of all…
Bookmarks: A selection of NZ books
Finding the Path by Kelvin Cruickshank with Margie Thomson (Penguin, RRP $42): Celebrity psychic medium Kelvin Cruickshank is well known through his work on the television programme Sensing Murder but he also writes books on psychic ability. In this, his…
A fast and furious series
Last Chance to Die, by Noah Boyd (HarperCollins, RRP $39.99): Noah Boyd is one of those rare authors who not only writes in the crime thriller genre, he also lived it. According to Boyd’s publisher, he is an ex- United…