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Just finished the winner of the Inaugural Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing (unpublished manuscript) - The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome. Billed as Indiana Jones meets the Famous Five, it had a rather quaint, sort of good ...
Book Title: THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO
Author: Nick Cave
Publisher: Text Publishing
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-921520-63-1
No of Pages: 278
Book Synopsis:
Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the scent of adventure to the lonely housewives of En...
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- Hometown:
- Pyrenees Ranges, Victoria, Australia
- About Me:
- A reader. A constant reader. Less than 200 books in Mt TBR will cause me to break out in an uncontrollable panic sweat. Failure to stand in the middle of a well-stocked book store once a fortnight causes further panic attacks. The arrival of a Postpak full of review books causes uncontrollable shivers of joy. Basically I'm a simple creature - feed me books, ignore the dust and crud in the house and tell me about your favourite author.
- I Am A:
- Reader
- Website:
- http://www.austcrimefiction.org
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Crime fiction in all its guises! I love Reginald Hill's books, I'm a huge fan of Scandinavian crime writers - Mankell, Wahloo and Sjowall, Nesbo, Fossum, Alvtegen, Larsson and their ilk. Indridason from Iceland is another favourite as well. Louise Welsh, Caro Ramsay, Denise Mina, Christopher Brookmyre and many Scottish authors as well.
In terms of local writers Adrian Hyland, Peter Temple, Shane Maloney, Malla Nunn, Lindy Cameron, Caroline Shaw, David Owen, Geoff McGeachin, Paul Thomas, Leigh Redhead, Katherine Howell, JR Carroll, Paul Cleave, Claire McNab and......
How long do I have?
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- TV: Unit One, Eagle - Crime Odyssey, Dalziel & Pascoe, Black Books, Spicks & Specks, Kingswood Country
Movies: Bollywood! oh and Gangster Number 1, Layer Cake, Lock Stock etc recently (don't watch many movies).
Our Clancy (the big one) and Jedda (the puppy) Australian Terriers looking angelic - it only happens when they are asleep!
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Review - The Death of Bunny Munro, Nick Cave
Book Title: THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO
Author: Nick Cave
Publisher: Text Publishing
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-921520-63-1
No of Pages: 278
Book Synopsis:
Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the scent of adventure to the lonely housewives of England's south coast. Set adrift by his wife's death, he hits the road one last time - with his young son in tow.
Book Review:
Despite the title, THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO is not strictly a novel from my preferred genre of crime fiction. Defining exactl… Continue
Author: Nick Cave
Publisher: Text Publishing
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-921520-63-1
No of Pages: 278
Book Synopsis:
Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the scent of adventure to the lonely housewives of England's south coast. Set adrift by his wife's death, he hits the road one last time - with his young son in tow.
Book Review:
Despite the title, THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO is not strictly a novel from my preferred genre of crime fiction. Defining exactl… Continue
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:23am —
Review - Still Midnight, Denise Mina
Book Title: STILL MIDNIGHT
Author: Denise Mina
Publisher: Orion
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4091-0094-2
No of Pages: 356
Book Synopsis:
It's the case that could make DS Alex Morrow's career, it would make any cop salivate. A home invaded in the dead of night, deep in the heart of the cosy suburbs, a hard working family at the heart of it and a vulnerable old man taken hostage. It's high profile: a black-and-white case and it shouldn't be too hard to solve...
The attackers were slovenly. The t… Continue
Author: Denise Mina
Publisher: Orion
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4091-0094-2
No of Pages: 356
Book Synopsis:
It's the case that could make DS Alex Morrow's career, it would make any cop salivate. A home invaded in the dead of night, deep in the heart of the cosy suburbs, a hard working family at the heart of it and a vulnerable old man taken hostage. It's high profile: a black-and-white case and it shouldn't be too hard to solve...
The attackers were slovenly. The t… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 9:00pm —
Review - Singing to the Dead, Caro Ramsay
Book Title: SINGING TO THE DEAD
Author: Caro Ramsay
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-14-102925-2
No of Pages: 510
Book Synopsis:
Two seven-year old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect and betrayal - but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own son Peter...
Then, with police resources stretched to breaking point, a simple house fire turns into a f… Continue
Author: Caro Ramsay
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-14-102925-2
No of Pages: 510
Book Synopsis:
Two seven-year old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect and betrayal - but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own son Peter...
Then, with police resources stretched to breaking point, a simple house fire turns into a f… Continue
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 9:34pm —
Review - Suffer the Children, Adam Creed
Book Title: SUFFER THE CHILDREN
Author: Adam Creed
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-571-24364-8
No of Pages: 321
Book Synopsis:
DI Will Wagstaffe - Staffe to friends and enemies alike - is a man with many burdens. On the eve of leaving for a personal trip abroad he is called to the scene of a horrific crime, a known paedophile has been butchered in his own home.
Book Review:
SUFFER THE CHILDREN is the first book introducing DI Will Wagstaffe. A confession early on - I t… Continue
Author: Adam Creed
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-571-24364-8
No of Pages: 321
Book Synopsis:
DI Will Wagstaffe - Staffe to friends and enemies alike - is a man with many burdens. On the eve of leaving for a personal trip abroad he is called to the scene of a horrific crime, a known paedophile has been butchered in his own home.
Book Review:
SUFFER THE CHILDREN is the first book introducing DI Will Wagstaffe. A confession early on - I t… Continue
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:14pm —
Review - Dead-End Road, Richard Kunzmann
Book Title: DEAD-END ROAD
Author: Richard Kunzmann
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Copyright: 2008
ISBN: 9780330446488
Book Synopsis:
After two years' absence, Detective Harry Mason has rejoined the South African Police Service, but is now moved to the Serious and Violent Crimes unit.
Book Review:
DEAD-END ROAD is third novel Detective Harry Mason novel from South African author Richard Kunzmann - the earlier books are BLOODY HARVESTS and SALAMANDER COTTON. It was the first of this series that I've… Continue
Author: Richard Kunzmann
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Copyright: 2008
ISBN: 9780330446488
Book Synopsis:
After two years' absence, Detective Harry Mason has rejoined the South African Police Service, but is now moved to the Serious and Violent Crimes unit.
Book Review:
DEAD-END ROAD is third novel Detective Harry Mason novel from South African author Richard Kunzmann - the earlier books are BLOODY HARVESTS and SALAMANDER COTTON. It was the first of this series that I've… Continue
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 12:53pm —
Comment Wall (133 comments)
- At 6:05pm on November 5, 2009,
caroline howard said…
- Hi Karen, thank you for the welcome, yes, loved Layer Cake as well, and I don't watch many movies either. Have paid attention to your authors and looking forward to checking them out. Glad to have found someone else who enjoy tartan noir !
- At 4:43pm on October 19, 2009,
Jessica said… - hey! thanks for the comment. yep...definetly a FICTIONAL crime junkie :) no need to worry..hehe
- At 11:35am on September 24, 2009,
Marianne Delacourt said… - Thanks, Karen. Hope its been behaving itself :)
- At 8:58pm on September 23, 2009,
Marianne Delacourt said…
- Hi Karen,
nice to meet you. I'll go and check out your AustCrime website.
best
Marianne
- At 5:05pm on September 10, 2009,
Christine Bongers said… - Hi Karen
It's not out yet, still a w-i-p, but thanks for the add. Enjoyed hearing Lisa Unger and Gregg Hurwitz at "Crime Pays" at Brisbane Writers Festival today with Briz writer JJ Cooper. Blog to be posted on it tonight!
- At 3:18pm on August 6, 2009,
Craig Sisterson said…
- Thanks for the welcome Karen. I posted a couple of comments on your AustCrimeFiction website, about your reviews of Tropic of Death and Fear the Worst. Not sure if they posted correctly though. In short I too was disappointed with ToD, and thought FtW was a great thriller.
- At 6:42pm on April 19, 2009,
Matt Hilton said…
- Hi Karen, don't want this to sound like a shameless plug, but keep your eye out for my debut, Dead Men's Dust, which will be hitting your shores in the next couple of weeks. Always nice to meet new crime fans. Thanks for adding me as a friend. Matt.
- At 9:21pm on April 1, 2009,
steve reeder said… - Hello new buddy.
- At 12:28pm on March 9, 2009,
Harmony said…
- LOL ur about me is discribing myself :D thanx for the add ..:) Venessa
- At 8:54pm on January 30, 2009,
Lisa said… - what is this, the third rack of hell or something? the cool change hits tonight, apparently, so I said, "That's it, I'm sleeping in my own bed." I'm at the library tomorrow, so I'll see if I can dig up some of this other guy's stuff - thanks!
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