Author name: Jillian Allison-Aitken

■ REVIEW: Motor Mouth
Second in series as fun as the first

Humour, Mysteries & thrillers

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 the final race of the season she spots something going on in the infield that will change her life — things that will […]

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■ REVIEW: Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue
Brilliant telling of Beaconsfield story

General non-fiction

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 the town. That day, the news that three men were trapped and probably dead caught the attention of Aussies everywhere. Five days later, when two of the

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■ REVIEW: Mozart and the Whale
A love story that changed my mind

General fiction

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 duration. Jerry and Mary Newport are both self-described hopeless misfits, both born with Asperger’s Syndrome — a form of autism that was featured in the movie Rainman. Sufferers simply can’t process the sort

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■ REVIEW: The Truth About the Drug Companies
Industry out of control

General non-fiction

The current state of the drug industry in the United States is being viewed as the potential future for those of us in Australasia. In the US, the public has struggled to keep up with spiralling prices while the big drug companies have grown rich and gained huge influence over the government agencies that regulate them and

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■ REVIEW: Future Tense, The Coming World Order,
Dyer offers a fresh outlook

General non-fiction

Freelance journalist-columnist Gwynne Dyer has a knack of taking complex, controversial stories and offering a fresh view. From the Middle East to Afghanistan, Dyer has a depth of understanding that is seemingly unparalleled and he has the ability to take incredibly complex issues and explain them in simple terms. This is a rare talent, and is

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■ REVIEW: San Sombrero
Fictional travel guide as good as a holiday

Humour

This cracking little guide to the fictional Central American country of San Sombrero is the latest offering in the Jetlag Travel Guide series. Described as the birthplace of tinted sunglasses and sequins by its Aussie creators, San Sombrero boasts such highlights as the beach resort town of Aguazura, home to the first-ever Madame Tussaud’s Brazilian Wax Museum

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