Day Watch, by Sergei Lukyanenko (Random House $36.99): This is the second book in the Night Watch trilogy, a series of vampire novels set in post-Soviet Moscow. Here, vampires operate under license and Good and Evil are part of a Cold War-like balance…
Month: May 2007
The constant man in Diana’s life tells his story
Remembering Diana: The Way We Were, by Paul Burrell (HarperCollins, $34.99): The life and tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was played out under the harsh glare of camera flashes and glossy magazines. It seemed that she couldn’t make a…
Second in series as fun as the first
Motor Mouth, by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins, $34.99): Alexandra Barnaby (better known to her friends as Barney) and race-car driver Sam Hooker are back in a new novel that follows on from the best-selling Metro Girl. Barney is now Sam’s raceday spotter and during…
Brilliant telling of Beaconsfield story
Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue, by Tony Wright (HarperCollins, $36.99): When the earth moved in the Tasmanian mining town of Beaconsfield on Anzac Day last year, trapping three miners underground, it had a profound impact on everyone in…
A love story that changed my mind
Mozart and the Whale, by Jerry and Mary Newport, with Johnny Dodd (Allen and Unwin, $35): I’m not a fan of love stories, soppy things that they are. However, this one got my attention and managed to hold it for the…
Safe as houses
Smart Moves, by Marnie Adams (Random House, RRP $29.99): With the current boisterous real estate market, you can understand why so many people see selling property as a good way to make a living. Marnie Adams is one of New Zealand’s top real…
Are you from Yachtlandia?
Shoot the Breeze: How to Speak Yachtie, by Sarah Ell (Random House, RRP $19.99): If you felt totally out of your depth during the recent America’s Cup racing, this book might just be what you need. Shoot the Breeze will teach you…