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Laraine’s 2025 Year in Books
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What a great debut effort from Anna Johnston. It’s an interesting premise on which to base a plot: the concept that you are mistaken for someone else and then take on their identity, although without an overly selfish motivation apart from a need for
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| As a fan of historical fiction, I loved Madeleine Cleary’s debut novel and have only admiration for the amount of research and care that went into it. The female viewpoints were represented by Johanna, who aspires to be a ‘dressed’ woman (ie. working ...more | |
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| I really enjoy Garry Disher's writing and have followed him for years. The Hirsch series is an interesting character study of an overworked and introspective policeman in rural South Australia. There has been significant development over the series ...more | |
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| When the winter is over and the snow melts, what has been hidden is revealed. In ‘Spring Melt’, Lori Duffy Foster introduces us to an intriguing scenario. Ella Devine, now 28 years of age, was raped by Henry Roth when she was nine. The crime was cove ...more | |
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The White Feather Murders: A Reggie da Costa Mystery
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Total spoiler. Reviews aren’t supposed to do this. You ruin the plot for a potential reader.
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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 ...more |
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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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| 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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| Cozy Mysteries : June 2021 | 10 | 63 | Jun 20, 2021 12:36PM | |
| Aussie Lovers of...: Murder mystery set in Brighton, Vic in 1918 | 3 | 15 | Sep 13, 2021 04:55PM | |
| Cozy Mysteries : May 2022 | 1 | 56 | May 02, 2022 10:48AM | |
| Cozy Mysteries : June 2023 | 1 | 44 | Jun 01, 2023 11:12AM |
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
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A group for Aussie GR members (and those interested in our wonderful land of OZ), who love nothing more than to curl up with a good crime, thriller, s ...more
Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers
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Welcome! Join us for our monthly group reads. We read Crime stories, Mysteries, & Thrillers. ...more
Jun 21, 2024 04:10AM