Striking Back, by Aaron J Klein (Scribe, $40): The Steven Spielberg-directed movie Munich, released last year, has raised fresh and younger interest in the bloody events that took place during the 1972 Olympic Games. Striking Back is the story of the…
Author: Jillian Allison-Aitken
Chilling psychological thriller
Immoral, by Brian Freeman (Headline, $24.99): In an ugly case of deja vu, Lieutenant Jonathan Stride must deal with the disappearance of a beautiful teenager in Duluth, Minnesota. She’s gone without a trace: the second disappearance in a year. The two…
Real-life humour
Lessons in Duck Shooting, by Jayne Buxton (Random House, $26.99): In need of a life makeover, Ally James allows her best friend to bully her into going to a dating seminar. There, American relationship guru Marina Body claims all you…
How to train your bloke
The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Men, by Anita Naik (Piatkus, $29.99): I’m sure we’ve all looked at our bloke at some point and wondered just what was going on in his head. This book has the answers you need, whether you’re…
Interesting look at not-so-well-known NZ history
The Bookmen’s Dominion, by Chris Hilliard (Auckland University Press, $34.99): Taking a look at an almost forgotten chapter in New Zealand’s history, The Bookmen’s Dominion focuses on the activities and networks of historians and literary critics during the 1920s and…
Tough childhood gives story depth
Kaitlyn, by Kevin Lewis (Penguin, $25): As six-year-old Kaitlyn’s family is torn apart and her life changed forever when she witnesses her alcoholic father almost kill her little brother Christopher. The toddler survives the attack and after being taken into care…
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Undead and Unemployed
Betsy Taylor has a shoe fetish, a fetish she retains even after dying and rising as the new Queen of the Vampires. However, being undead royalty doesn’t mean you can dodge paying your credit card bills so Betsy lands a…
Finding the funds
Where’s the Money? by Craig Rust (Enterprise Publications, $24.95): Want to be smarter with the money in your business? Accountant Craig Rust will show you how to find the money in your business, how to manage it and — best of…
Inspirational author rises above awful childhood
Ugly, by Constance Briscoe (Hachette Livre, $36.99): Told she was ugly and subjected to unimaginable abuses at the hands of her mother, Constance Briscoe survived an awful childhood to become a practising barrister and one of the first black women…
Not a miracle cure but still inspiring
The Do-Able Diet, by Barbara Wimhurst (Allen & Unwin, $23.99): Author Barbara Wimhurst lost a whopping half of her body weight without fad diets, potions or expensive programmes. She did it the old-fashioned way — by not eating junk. She’s…