Karen from AustCrime's Blog – December 2009 Archive (4)

Fantasy Book Giveaway - The Cry of the Marwing, K.S. Nikakis

Allen & Unwin have been incredibly generous giving us 3 copies of The Cry of the Marwing to give away.

No geographical restrictions on this one - but more details (and how you enter the draw) at:

http://www.austcrimefiction.org/feedback/The+Cry+of+the+Marwing

Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 17, 2009 at 10:48am — No Comments

Review - Forbidden Fruit, Kerry Greenwood

Book Title: FORBIDDEN FRUIT

Author: Kerry Greenwood

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-74175-982-2

No of Pages: 301

Book Synopsis:

Corinna Chapman, owner of Earthly Delights, detests Christmas. The shoppers are frantic and the heat oppressive. Neither of which this perfect size 20 with a genius for baking breads finds congenial. She's dreaming of quiet, air-conditioned comfort but instead finds herself dealing with a… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Review - Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait, K A Bedford

Book Title: TIME MACHINES REPAIRED WHILE-U-WAIT

Author: K A Bedford

Publisher: Fremantle Arts Press

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 9-781921-361739

No of Pages: 476

Book Synopsis:

It's 2027, suburban Malaga, Western Australia. Ex-cop Aloysius 'Spider' Webb is working as a time-machine repairman - and people are crazy about time travel. Spider is getting on okay (if you put to one side his failed marriage and dead-end career) until he discovers the mutilated… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 7, 2009 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Review - Stonedogs, Craig Marriner

Book Title: STONEDOGS

Author: Craig Marriner

Publisher: Vintage

Copyright: 2001

ISBN: 1-86941-476-4

No of Pages: 375

Book Synopsis:

In between drug deals and binge-drinking, reckless driving and street fights, the delinquents of the Brotherhood wage the holiest of wars. Yes, they will derail the Juggernaut before it can suicide . or have a ball trying at least. But when one of them falls prey to Roto-Vegas gang members, the cultural terrorists… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 1, 2009 at 12:36pm — No Comments