Canticle Creek (Adrian Hyland) – book review
Back in 2007, Adrian Hyland won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut crime novel
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Hyde (Craig Russell) – book review
Craig Russell is intent on exploring the idea of split personalities, or what might make
The Promise (Damon Galgut) – book review
Damon Galgut’s ninth novel The Promise won the 2021 Booker Prize. Not having read all
Great Circle (Mary Shipstead) – book review
Maggie Shipstead’s third novel Great Circle was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. And for
Devotion (Hannah Kent) – book review
Australian author Hannah Kent burst on to the scene with her multi-award winning debut Burial
Wild Place (Christian White) – book review
Hot off his Ned Kelly Award win for the twisty crime novel The Wife and
Silverview (John Le Carré) – book review
Legendary novelist John Le Carré died in 2020 leaving behind a legacy of twenty-seven novels
Making Nice (Ferdinand Mount) – book review
Ferdinand Mount has had a varied and fascinating career – head of Margaret Thatcher’s Policy
Five Minds (Guy Morpuss) – book review
Speculative fiction often lives and dies by its premise. So long as the author can