Reviewsday: Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

A thrilling detective novel set in a country town in Cairns, Crimson Lake is the first of two books in a series by Australian author Candice Fox. It breaks from the typical conventions of a hard-boiled novel, with the narrator Ted as a private investigator but still an anti-hero of sorts. Accused of abducting and […]

Meet Our October Book of The Month!

Jane Harper’s second novel, Force of Nature, featuring Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk is a gripping crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat! And luckily, it’s our October Book of the Month! But we won’t gush on…we’ll let Jane tell you all about the book herself: Here’s what our teams […]

Reviewsday: The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey

Let me start by saying how much I enjoy reading local Australian content novels. There’s nothing wrong with overseas titles but an Aussie title always draws me deeper in. It’s not the sometimes over-the-top outback dramas I’m talking about (which I do love!) but the ordinary settings and situations. Things like the seasons being the […]

Have you read The Dry?

“As he rode away the blowflies were already starting to circle.” Reading this book, I was so intrigued by the two central stories. The holes in the evidence of a present day murder-suicide and the questionable suicide of a young girl 20 years earlier. Harper is a great writer and her background in journalism allowed […]