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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… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on November 5, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 28, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 27, 2009 at 9:34pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 26, 2009 at 10:14pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 22, 2009 at 12:53pm — No Comments

Review - The Dark Side, Roger Rogerson

Book Title: THE DARK SIDE

Author: Roger Rogerson

Publisher: Kerr Publishing

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 9780958128315

No of Pages: 224

Book Synopsis:

Roger Rogerson hasn't been a police officer for more than 20 years. Yet his name makes him the most well-known 'detective-sergeant' in Australia.

He has been the subject of articles, appearances, profiles and books; portrayed in TV dramas; and recorded by covert listening devices at home for… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 21, 2009 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Interview with Adrian McKinty about Fifty Grand

Adrian was kind enough to take some time out of his busy life to answer a few questions about FIFTY GRAND which I was lucky enough to review recently.

AustCrime: FIFTY GRAND takes you into a slightly different place from THE DEAD trilogy in particular, having said that, there are also some similarities. Do you have a particular interest in the outsider taking control, stepping into the unknown… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 29, 2009 at 11:52am — No Comments

Review - Truth, Peter Temple

Book Title: TRUTH

Author: Peter Temple

Publisher: Text Publishing

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-921520-71-6

No of Pages: 387

Book Synopsis:

At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead.

Villani's job as head of the Victoria Police Homicide Squad is bathed in blood and sorrow. His life is his work. It is his identity, his… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 28, 2009 at 4:43pm — No Comments

Review - Shallow Water, Stuart Black

Book Title: SHALLOW WATER

Author: Stuart Black

Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-921362-93-4

No of Pages: 344

Book Synopsis:

A lifeless body by the side of the road in Notting Hill... A gorgeous but high maintenance wife self-destructing because she's been denied access to the family fortune ... Another death - this time in the shallows of the stunning Great Barrier Reef...

Book Review:

Stuart Black,… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 25, 2009 at 9:55am — 2 Comments

Review - Fifty Grand, Adrian McKinty

Book Title: FIFTY GRAND

Author: Adrian McKinty

Publisher: Serpents Tail

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1846687235

No of Pages: 308

Book Synopsis:

Cuban cop Mercado has a score to settle, on behalf of a deadbeat dad, a 'traitor' who skipped free from Castro's control to set up a new life working illegally in Colorado. He settled in a ski resort popular with the Hollywood set, where a facade of legality is maintained by the immigrant cleaners and… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 23, 2009 at 5:03pm — 3 Comments

Review - Death and the Running Patterer, Robin Adair

Book Title: DEATH AND THE RUNNING PATTERER

Author: Robin Adair

Publisher: Penguin

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-921518-25-6

No of Pages: 311

Book Synopsis:

One of the convict colony's soldiers has been murdered and Governor Ralph Darling is not pleased.

Reluctantly, he turns to Nicodemus Dunne for help.

Book Review:

DEATH AND THE RUNNING PATTERER is the book that won Penguin's last Most Wanted Crime Writing… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 17, 2009 at 8:21pm — No Comments

Review - True Crime - Outside the Law 3, Lindy Cameron (ed)

Book Title: OUTSIDE THE LAW 3

Author: Lindy Cameron (ed)

Publisher: Five Mile Press

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-74211-588-7

No of Pages: 295

Book Synopsis:

Good cops, bad cops, killer husbands, homicidal women, thieves, firebugs, art heists and jailbreaks.

In Outside the Law 3 some of our best crime writers take you on a walk down the darkest side of life.

You’ll meet crooks who just can’t help themselves; killers with twisted… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 1, 2009 at 3:51pm — No Comments

Review - The Tower, Michael Duffy

Book Title: THE TOWER

Author: Michael Duffy

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-74175-813-9

No of Pages: 454

Book Synopsis:

Young detective Nicholas Troy is basically a good man, for whom homicide investigations are the highest form of police work. But when a woman falls from the construction site for the world's tallest skyscraper, the tortured course of the murder investigation that follows threatens to destroy his… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 25, 2009 at 8:48pm — No Comments

2009 Davitt Award Winners

At a fantastic night out and ceremony last night the Sisters in Crime 2009 Davitt Award winners were announced, wined, dined, feted and photographed.

The nights festivities were highlighted by a chat between Sue Turnbull and Justice Elizabeth King of the Supreme Court of Victoria, some fabulous food and 130+ Sisters in Crime and Brothers in Law turning out on a cold Melbourne night to celebrate some absolutely fantastic authors and books.

But without further ado - the… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 22, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

Review - Murder on a Midsummer Night, Kerry Greenwood

Book Title: MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT

Author: Kerry Greenwood

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2008

ISBN: 978-1-74114-999-9

No of Pages: 292

Book Synopsis:

Melbourne, 1929. The year starts off for glamorous private investigator Phryne Fisher with a rather trying heat wave and more mysteries than you could prod a parasol at. Simultaneously investigating the apparent suicide death of a man on St Kilda beach and trying to find a lost,… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 21, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Review - Bruno Chief of Police, Martin Walker

Book Title: BRUNO CHIEF OF POLICE

Author: Martin Walker

Publisher: Quercus

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-84724-977-7

No of Pages: 262

Book Synopsis:

It's market day in St Denis, a small town in the Perigord region of south-west France. The locals are on the alert because inspectors are about to make a 'surprise visit', hoping to enforce the unpopular and bureaucratic EU hygiene rules. But for Captain Bruno Courteges, St Denis' Chief of Police, this… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 19, 2009 at 8:11pm — 1 Comment

Review - Burial, Neil Cross

Book Title: BURIAL

Author: Neil Cross

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-0-74323-141-1

No of Pages: 291

Book Synopsis:

Nathan has never been able to forget the worst night of his life: the party that led to the sudden, shocking disappearance of a young woman. Only he and Bob, an old acquaintance, know what really happened and they have resolved to keep it that way. But one rainy night, years later, Bob appears at Nathan's… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 18, 2009 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Review - The Water's Edge, Karin Fossum

Book Title: THE WATER'S EDGE

Author: Karin Fossum

Publisher: Harvill Secker

Copyright: 2009,2007

ISBN: 978-1-846-55170-3

No of Pages: 227

Book Synopsis:

Walking through the woods one warm September day, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris pass a man who is in a state of agitation. Unusually in a small town, he does not return Kristine's smile and drives off in a hurry. As the couple continue on their walk they make a terrible discovery: lying in a cluster… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 18, 2009 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Review - Infiltration, Colin McLaren (True Crime)

Book Title: INFILTRATION

Author: Colin McLaren

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-0-522-85679-8

No of Pages: 291

Book Synopsis:

For two years police detective Colin McLaren disappears off the face of the earth, surfacing in Griffith as a dodgy art dealer with a pretty girlfriend and talks his way into the Mafia. For days, weeks, then months and years, Colin eats with them, sits in their homes and cuddles their kids, all… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 17, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Review - Death in the Truffle Wood, Pierre Magnan

Book Title: DEATH IN THE TRUFFLE WOOD

Author: Pierre Magnan

Publisher: Vintage Books

Copyright: 2006

ISBN: 978-0-099-47022-9

No of Pages: 201

Book Synopsis:

In Banon, a small peaceful village in upper Provence, the local community's principal source of income is the cultivation of truffles. Outsiders rarely venture to this remote region, but a small group of society's drop-outs have chosen to set up home on the outskirts of the village. When one of… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 14, 2009 at 11:53am — No Comments