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What Did you Read Last Month (and which was your favourite)?
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Review - Dark Horse, Honey Brown

Title:  DARK HORSEAuthor Name:  Honey BrownAuthor's Home Country:  AustraliaISBN:  9781921901539Year of Publication:  2013Publisher:  Michael JosephCategory:  ThrillerLocation:  Victorian CountryBook SynopsisIt's Christmas morning on the edge of the rugged Mortimer Ranges. Sarah Barnard saddles Tansy, her black mare. She is heading for the bush, escaping the reality of her broken marriage and her bankrupted trail-riding business.Sarah seeks solace in the ranges. When a flash flood traps her on…See More
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Review - Rotten Gods, Greg Barron

Title:  ROTTEN GODSAuthor Name: Greg BarronAuthor's Home Country:  AustraliaISBN:  9780732294342Year of Publication:  2012Publisher:  Harper CollinsCategory:  ThrillerLocation:  Dubai, SomaliaBook Synopsis The near future. Climate change is causing havoc in coastal areas and the world is in economic and ecological crisis. World leaders gather at a billion-dollar conference centre in Dubai, determined to make the decisions necessary to bring society back from the brink.Explosives are smuggled…See More
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Review - Dead Girl Sing, Tony Cavanaugh

Title:  DEAD GIRL SINGAuthor:  Tony CavanaughISBN:  9780733627880Publisher:  Hachette AustraliaSeries: Darian RichardsYear of Publication:  2013Location:  Gold Coast, QueenslandSynopsisDarian Richards knew he should have let the phone keep ringing. But more than two decades as a cop leaves you with a certain outlook on life. No matter how much he tried to walk away, something, or someone, kept bringing him back to his gun.One phone call. Two dead girls in a shallow water grave. And a missing…See More
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Apr 25
Karen from AustCrime replied to QualityBookReviews's discussion What are you currently reading?
"Currently reading the second book by local author Tony Cavanaugh - Dead Girl Sing - which I must admit is a joy in its sparsity and purpose. I have been wading through an awful lot of words recently that haven't said much. There's also a…"
Apr 5
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Review - Roll With It, Nick Place

Book Title:   ROLL WITH ITAuthor:  Nick PlaceISBN:  9781742704333Series:  Tony 'Rocket' LaverYear of Publication:  2013Publisher:  Hardie GrantCategory: Crime Fiction / Police Procedural / HumourLocation:  MelbourneSynopsisCareer cop Detective Senior Sergeant Tony ‘Rocket' Laver is a policeman with issues. Sure, he may have been returning fire, but the fact remains that Laver is the sixth Victorian policeman to shoot a suspect in four months, and that's all the politicians need to get involved.…See More
Apr 2
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Karen from AustCrime replied to QualityBookReviews's discussion What are you currently reading?
"I'm guilty as well - can I plead the drought from hell and overly distracted.... I'm currently reading John M Green's new thriller The Turning, and from there some more local debut's - The Robbers by Paul Anderson, Rotten Gods by…"
Mar 21

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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:
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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 - Dark Horse, Honey Brown

Title:  DARK HORSE

Author Name:  Honey Brown

Author's Home Country:  Australia

ISBN:  9781921901539

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Michael Joseph

Category:  Thriller

Location:  Victorian Country



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It's Christmas morning on the edge of the rugged Mortimer Ranges. Sarah Barnard saddles Tansy, her black mare. She is heading for the bush, escaping the reality of her broken marriage and her bankrupted trail-riding business.Sarah…

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Posted on May 7, 2013 at 12:04pm

Review - Rotten Gods, Greg Barron

Title:  ROTTEN GODS

Author Name: Greg Barron

Author's Home Country:  Australia

ISBN:  9780732294342

Year of Publication:  2012

Publisher:  Harper Collins

Category:  Thriller

Location:  Dubai, Somalia



Book Synopsis



 The near future. Climate change is causing havoc in coastal areas and the world is in economic and ecological crisis. World leaders gather at a billion-dollar conference centre in Dubai, determined to make the decisions necessary to…

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Posted on April 29, 2013 at 11:33pm

Review - Mad Men, Bad Girls & The Guerrilla Knitters Institute, Maggie Groff

Title:  MAD MEN, BAD GIRLS AND THE GUERRILLA KNITTERS INSTITUTE

Author Name:  Maggie Groff

Author's Home Country:  Australia

ISBN:  9781742610795

Year of Publication:  2012

Publisher:  Pan MacMillan Australia

Location:  Gold Coast, Byron Bay



Book Synopsis



When a secretive American cult moves to the Gold Coast, freelance journalist Scout Davis's investigative antennae start quivering. She sets out to expose the cult's lunatic beliefs and bizarre…

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Posted on April 27, 2013 at 4:19pm

Review - Out of the Silence, Wendy James

Title:  OUT OF THE SILENCE

Author: Wendy James

ISBN:  B00BMFEUPS

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Momentum Books

Location:  Melbourne



Book Synopsis



I call his name – only quietly, but he hears me as I knew he would, and wants me as he always does. And we come together – right there in the darkness. And even though there is no way to be certain of any other thing in the world, I am certain that I would risk anything to keep what is between the two…

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Posted on April 27, 2013 at 12:12am

Review - Red Dirt Talking, Jacqueline Wright

Title:  RED DIRT TALKING

Author: Jacqueline Wright

ISBN:  9781921888793

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Year of Publication: 2012

Location: Outback, Western Australia



Book Synopsis



Set in the outback of Western Australia, this novel centres around the disappearance of Kuj, an eight-year-old girl, during a bitter custody battle. Annie, an anthropology graduate newly arrived from the city, is increasingly distracted from her work by the mysterious event. As…

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Posted on April 26, 2013 at 5:49pm

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At 6:31am on November 23, 2010, Ian Frankland said…
Thanks for the contact Karen.
I am relieved that someone else appreciates Bill James, I have walked around the 2nd Hand bookstores of Melbourne and been told that he doesn't exist!
Regards

Ian
At 3:13pm on October 1, 2010, David Whish-Wilson said…
Thanks Karen, much appreciated...
At 1:16pm on October 1, 2010, David Whish-Wilson said…
Thanks for the welcome Karen (have been a fan austcrimefiction.org for a while), and hope you enjoy the book (if you need a review copy let me know). Looking forward to acquainting myself with crimespace better over the coming days...cheers...
At 1:58pm on September 30, 2010, Ian Edward said…
Karen, thanks for the invite from a fellow Aussie. I know exactly what you mean about finding an inner calm hanging out in the local bookstore (or any bookstore for that matter!)
At 9:54am on September 30, 2010, Lee Franklin said…
Hi Karen, nice to meet a fellow Aussie from the bush! I hope the Vic fires didn't effect you too much, we had our own here in 2007 and almost lost everything. There's nothing like country air to fuel the reading bug is there? ;)
At 12:34pm on August 2, 2010, Simon Fenn said…
Hi Karen...nice to see u :)
At 7:11pm on July 2, 2010, Vic said…
as you know - quackers = eeekkkk! I much prefer the four pawed hairy, slobbery and dopey :) And enjoying CS very much already!
At 11:23am on July 2, 2010, Vic said…
nice to see someone from the bush with an avian bent :) Just avoid the bigger quackers!
At 12:01am on July 2, 2010, Shane Maloney said…
I like your dogs.
At 10:48pm on April 15, 2010, Helene Young said…
Ha, housework is sooo over rated, Karen.

I had a fabulous night with Sisters Inc! Very nervous but they were all so lovely and Lindy kept the room buzzing so I had a ball.

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