Honouring our soldiers in verse: A touching collection of poems, Our Soldiers looks at the awful impact of World War I on the lives of ordinary Kiwis. Author Kate McColl spent a month in Belguim, funded by that country’s government,…
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Chilling narrative of tragic family dysfunction
Breaking Silence: Macsyna King and the Kahui Twins, by Ian Wishart (Howling at the Moon, RRP $40): It is an astonishing fact of modern media that a Facebook site set up by a guy opposing Double Down burgers one month…
Something for everyone
Worst Case, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Century, RRP $38.99): I’m always a little stunned by just how prolific author James Patterson is. Sure, he collaborates on a lot of his books but he still churns out an impressive…
A fun guide to the Kiwi bloke
Marc Ellis’ Good Fullas, by Marc Ellis (Headline, RRP $44.99): Love him or hate him, Marc Ellis is the perfect choice to pen a guide to Kiwi blokes, being such a good Kiwi bloke himself. This book is 248 pages…
A ripper of a series
Bound, by Vanda Symon (Penguin, RRP $30): This is the fourth book in the Detective Sam Shepherd murder mystery series and I’m pleased to report that they just get better and better. I have read two of the other three…