Author: Adam HamdyISBN: 978-1509899128 Copy courtesy of Pan Macmillan (2020) “Black 13” is a well-written thriller that uses many familiar tropes of the genre, but which is thoroughly contemporary in its’ concerns and plot. Scott Pearce was unwillingly retired from MI6, and is spending his retirement chasing the lead that his superiors refused to believe in. His cover … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Last Bridge Before Home
Author: Lily MaloneISBN: 978-1-4892-5050-6Copy courtesy of Harlequin Mira Last Bridge Before Home is Lily Malone’s sixth full-length novel, and the third in her Chalk Hill series. However, this is the first of Malone’s books that I have read and I was not aware until I had finished it that it was the third novel in a series, so I can safely say that it stands alone (I … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Girl in the Painting
Author: Tea Cooper ISBN: 9781489270726 Copy courtesy of Harper Collins This was not the first of Tea Cooper's books that I have had the pleasure to read, and I am very sure it won't be the last. The Girl in the Painting flicks between the 1860s and the early 1900s. Michael and his sister Elizabeth have managed to build a life for themselves in Maitland, NSW after making … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Great Divide
Author: L.J.M OwenBook credit: The Great Divide by L.J.M. Owen (Echo $29.99) My first time reading a L.J.M Owen book and The Great Divide appears to be her first Australian Rural crime novel set in Tasmania. It is set in the town of Dunton where the body of a former head mistress of a children’s home is discovered - revealing a tortured life and death. Jake Hunter, a … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Would Like To Meet
By Rachel WintersISBN 9781409184904Copy courtesy of Hachette Australia “Would Like To Meet” made me laugh out loud, and that doesn’t happen very often. Like the best of the rom-coms it both celebrates and pokes fun at, this novel is warm, joyous, funny, and recognises the value of both romantic love and the love between friends. It’s one of the most enjoyable novels I’ve … [Read more...]
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