JESSE BLACKADDER Chasing the Light. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
Three women battle the elements, men and each other in the quest to be the first to set foot on …
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Crime Scene: ROBERT GOTT The Holiday Murders. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
This novel of murder and military intelligence in wartime Melbourne is inspired by history. While The Holiday Murders isn’t, sadly, …
The Godfather: Peter Corris remembers his schooldays
Advancing age is said to enhance the long-term memory at the expense of the short-term. At 70 I’m not aware …
Crime Scene: ANTTI TUOMAINEN The Healer. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
This dystopian Finnish crime novel is well above the ordinary. The Healer is set in Finland in the near future …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on Hemingway
Lately I’ve had Ernest Hemingway coming at me from all directions. For the second time I watched Woody Allen’s brilliant …
The NRB QUIZ Answer ten Australian crime fiction questions to win The Healer
For a copy of Antti Tuomainen’s just published prize-winning Finnish crime novel The Healer – or just for fun – do this …
DAMON YOUNG Philosophy in the Garden. Reviewed by James Tierney
This book invites readers to drink from a beautifully blended philosophical cup. Philosophers occupy a diffident space in Australian public …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on golf
A number of creative people have played golf. British Poet Laureate John Betjeman did and wrote a poem about it, …
Crime Scene: KATHERINE HOWELL Web of Deceit. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
The lives of paramedics entwine with a police investigation to remind us just how good Australian crime writing can be. …
THE NRB QUIZ Answer ten Australian true crime questions to win The Waterlow Killings
For a copy of Pamela Burton’s The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy – or just for fun – do this …
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