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Laraine Stephens

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After nearly forty years of working as a teacher-librarian and Head of Library, Laraine Stephens decided to experience life on the other side of the bookshelves and became a writer of historical crime fiction.

Her debut novel, 'The Death Mask Murders', the first in the Reggie da Costa Mysteries, was published by Level Best Books, in 2021. 'Deadly Intent' followed in May 2022, with 'A Deadly Game' in 2023, ‘Lies and Deception’ in 2024 and ‘The White Feather Murders’ in 2025.

Laraine is a member of Sisters in Crime Australia, the Australian Crime Writers Association, the Crime Writers Association of the UK, and International Thriller Writers.

When she isn’t writing, travelling or playing golf, Laraine speaks to groups and clubs about the hist
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‘She’s dead, and we’re free of her at last.’

Rowena Kettering is dead and the main suspect is the lover of her husband. But did Daphne Clements really kill the former actress and were her words the proof of her guilt? Matthew Booth has written another
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I read this because some regard 'Pet Sematary' as Stephen King's best work, his scariest. In theory, the plot sounds like a good one. However, in reality, the novel was painfully slow. I'm still not sure what the real significance of Victor Pascow wa ...more
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I have enjoyed the Inspector Banks series in general, but the structure of this one became irritating. You can’t tell two separate stories, even though you know they will come together, without losing the reader’s interest and concentration. One chap ...more
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The Pilgrim Road to Death by Carol Bruce
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Gwen Armstrong is drawn into a world of antiquity smuggling and dirty deals after the suspicious death of her mentor, academic and archaeologist, Dr Emily Temple, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She joins a tour group of Emily's acquaintances to di ...more
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This was such a different book with a novel approach: a divorced woman books into a luxurious hotel with the intention of ending her life. However, in an amazing trick of fate, she finds herself in the midst of a wedding party, and becomes a confidan ...more
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‘Murder in Punch Lane’ gets 4 stars from me based on the amount of historical research that it involved, but 3 stars for the characterisation. Jane Sullivan does a great job recreating the era of 1860’s Melbourne: the opium dens, the crime, the theat ...more
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I was expecting better, given Louise Milligan’s reputation as an investigative journalist. The plotline was promising: a young woman, Kate, is abducted after making an uncomplimentary comment to a man who makes a pass at her. Consequently, the police ...more
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