Author Donna Leon continues her Commissario Brunetti series, with this 22nd book to feature the Venice-based detective moving along at the same satisfying pace of its predecessor, Beastly Things. In the middle of a routine and somewhat mundane case, Brunetti gets a call from his wife to say the disabled man who worked for their […]
■ REVIEW: The Golden Egg
Gently flowing mystery Read Post »
Picking up a new thriller to read while on holiday was a case of deja vu all over again … two books by different authors share a common title. No Way Back, by Matthew Klein (Allen & Unwin, RRP $30) I read the back cover of this one and was hooked from the start, but
Night Film is one of those books that the internet book world has been discussing for some time, particularly the many book podcasts I listen to. All conversations and teasers surrounding the book had me hooked and I couldn’t wait to get a copy. So, as soon as I laid my hands on Marisha Pessl’s
■ REVIEW: Night Film
Great storytelling here Read Post »
Kiwi screenwriter and author Donna Malane has finally produced her second novel and it was worth the wait. Once again, the main character is missing persons expert Diane Rowe, the stroppy, strong and perfectly flawed heroine of Malane’s debut novel, Surrender. And once again, she finds herself up-close-and-personal with a killer. However, this time the
■ REVIEW: My Brother's Keeper
Long-awaited novel an absolute cracker Read Post »
Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series has been hugely popular with his home-based Norwegian fans and those of us in the rest of the world, and now those of us living down under can finally get our hands on the very first book in the series. These action-packed crime dramas/mysteries all feature Detective Harry Hole and
■ REVIEW: The Bat
Nesbo’s debut was worth the wait Read Post »
If you’re ever at a loose end when it comes to reading material, it’s a sure bet that James Patterson has something to keep you occupied. The world’s bestselling thriller writer ended 2012 as he started it: by publishing another book. This latest in the Alex Cross series (No 19) was one of 13 books
In the latest installment in the Rizolli and Isles thriller series, three children are brought together by seemingly random and extreme acts of violence. Orphaned, the children are taken in as students of a boarding school for emotionally traumatised children in a remote area of Maine. However, forensic pathologise Maura Islas suspects the Evensong School
■ REVIEW: Last to Die
Rizzoli and Isles tackle school menace Read Post »
I haven’t read all of Donna Leon’s books but have managed to make my way through half a dozen of the series featuring Venetian police commissioner Guido Brunetti and have found them a little hit and miss: all were well-written but for me, the storylines ranged from gripping to dull. This latest book is a
■ REVIEW: The Jewels of Paradise
Intrigue rates with the best Brunetti novels Read Post »
This is the book everyone was getting excited about last year and I can finally say I now understand why. It joins the ranks of dozens of other dystopian stories and has a slight feeling of Stephen King’s Cell at the start but it certainly comes into its own as the story unfolds. It begins
■ REVIEW: The Testimony
Creepy but intriguing apocalyptic read Read Post »
They say you should never judge a book by its cover and I thought I’d been tripped up by doing just that with Wool. With my recent rediscovery of the joys of knitting, I was taken by the title of this novel, and a quick read of the back cover revealed a scant but enticing
■ REVIEW: Wool
Rule-breaking has deadly penalty Read Post »
