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Crime Scene: GARRY DISHER Bitter Wash Road; BARRY MAITLAND The Raven’s Eye: A Brock and Kolla Mystery. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

November 5, 2013

Garry Disher introduces a new character and Barry Maitland continues his successful Brock and Kolla series. Bitter Wash Road is …

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Crime Scene: DAVID WHISH-WILSON Zero at the Bone; STUART LITTLEMORE Harry Curry, Rats and Mice. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

September 17, 2013

Frank Swann PI moves through the wild and sometimes dangerous world of 1970s mining-boom-town Perth, and in the law courts …

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Crime Scene: ANGELA SAVAGE The Dying Beach: Jayne Keeney PI in Krabi; PETER COTTON Dead Cat Bounce. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

August 8, 2013

Two recent Australian crime novels – a PI mystery set in Thailand and a police procedural in Canberra – give a strong …

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Crime Scene: JENNY SPENCE No Safe Place. Reviewed by Morgan Smith

August 1, 2013

This novel introduces a new, very 21st-century Australian crime series full of tension. For women crime readers ‘of a certain …

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Crime Scene: ANNIE HAUXWELL A Bitter Taste; ALEX HAMMOND Blood Witness. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

July 4, 2013

The second in a series set in London and a debut legal thriller show some of the exciting variety of …

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Crime Scene: HONEY BROWN Dark Horse. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

May 7, 2013

A classic of foreboding and suspense set in the Victorian High Country. There are a few authors out there who …

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Crime Scene: MATTHEW CONDON The Toe Tag Quintet and Three Crooked Kings. Reviewed by Annette Hughes

March 12, 2013

History, mystery, truth and fiction; these two books expose the underbelly of south-east Queensland. In complete control of the genre, …

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Crime Scene: ROBERT GOTT The Holiday Murders. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

February 26, 2013

This novel of murder and military intelligence in wartime Melbourne is inspired by history. While The Holiday Murders isn’t, sadly, …

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The NRB QUIZ Answer ten Australian crime fiction questions to win The Healer

February 13, 2013

For a copy of Antti Tuomainen’s just published prize-winning Finnish crime novel The Healer –  or just for fun – do this …

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Crime Scene: KATHERINE HOWELL Web of Deceit. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

February 7, 2013

The lives of paramedics entwine with a police investigation to remind us just how good Australian crime writing can be. …

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