Category Archives: Belinda Bauer

Books of the month: September 2016

Posted on October 1, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

Pick of the month With my reading get back to something like normal during September the choice for book of the month was very difficult. Half of the 10 books I finished this month are worthy of the title but … Continue reading →

Posted in Belinda Bauer, books of the month, Dorothy L. Sayers, George Pelecanos, Meg Keneally (Aus), Shamini Flint, Sue Williams (Aus), Tania Chandler (Aus), Todd Borg, Tom Keneally (Aus), Val McDermid, Zygmunt Miloszewski | 4 Comments

Review: THE SHUT EYE by Belinda Bauer

Posted on September 19, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

As I’ve completely given up reading book blurbs (which either reveal too much of the plot or appear to have nothing whatsoever to do with the book to which they relate) and hadn’t seen any reviews of this book before … Continue reading →

Posted in Belinda Bauer, book review, England | 6 Comments

2014: The Favourites

Posted on January 2, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

Despite its turmoil 2014 did contain some great reads and I’d hate to forget these excellent books. Crime fiction that’s not really about crime FATAL IMPACT by Katherine Fox. Series heroine Anya Crichton heads to Tasmania where she becomes involved … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian McKinty, Agnete Friis, Amanda Curtin (Aus), Belinda Bauer, books of the year, Ivy Pochoda, Karin Fossum, Kathryn Fox (Aus), Lene Kaaberbol, Richard Beasley, Sulari Gentill (Aus) | 18 Comments

Review: THE FACTS OF LIFE AND DEATH by Belinda Bauer

Posted on April 25, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

My sense, from the brilliantly believable characterisations she creates, is that Belinda Bauer is too astute, too incisive, too able to read the dark recesses of a human mind for me to ever be entirely comfortable in her company. But I’m thrilled … Continue reading →

Posted in Belinda Bauer, book review, England | 5 Comments

2013: The Favourites

Posted on January 2, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

I like to look back on the year’s reading and highlight the books I loved for one reason or another. I’ve given up restricting myself to a number and won’t presume to say they’re “the best” but they have great … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian McKinty, Angela Savage (Aus), Arni Thorarinsson, Belinda Bauer, books of the year, Garry Disher (Aus), Gene Kerrigan, Hannah Kent (Aus), Kate Atkinson, Leif G.W. Persson, Liza Marklund, Mari Strachan, Michael Duffy (Aus), Sulari Gentill (Aus), Wiley Cash | 14 Comments

Review: RUBBERNECKER by Belinda Bauer

Posted on March 24, 2013 by bernadetteinoz

Although I read it a couple of hundred books ago I can still vividly recall the things I liked so much about Belinda Bauer’s début novel BLACKLANDS. I’m in the minority (again) who grew decreasingly interested in the loosely connected … Continue reading →

Posted in Belinda Bauer, book review, Wales | 5 Comments

Review: FINDERS KEEPERS by Belinda Bauer

Posted on September 18, 2012 by bernadetteinoz

In the Exmoor village of Shipcott darkness is afoot. Sorry, that was the beginning of my review of Bauer’s previous novel, DARKSIDE. But it must be said that a review of this book could start in almost exactly the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Belinda Bauer, book review, England | 5 Comments

Review: Darkside by Belinda Bauer

Posted on March 15, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

In the Exmoor village of Shipcott darkness is afoot. Elderly resident Margaret Priddy, unable to move since a riding accident three years earlier, dies in her bed one night. When the doctor suggests she was smothered rather than dying of … Continue reading →

Posted in Belinda Bauer, book review, England | 12 Comments

Halfway Down the Stairs

Posted on July 4, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

OK the title really doesn’t have any relevance as this is a post about being half way through the reading year and reflecting on my favourite books so far. But I never think of the word halfway without remembering my favourite … Continue reading →

Posted in A A Milne, Ariana Franklin, Arnaldur Indriðason, Belinda Bauer, books of the year, Johan Theorin, list, Reginald Hill, S J Bolton, Shona MacLean, Simon Lelic, Sue Grafton | 3 Comments

Books of the Month – June 2010

Posted on July 2, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

That Was Then I only finished 11 books in June and formally consigned one to the DNF pile. It’s hard to pick my favourite book for the month as both Blacklands by Belinda Bauer and The Darkest Room by Johan … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian Hyland (Aus), Andrea Camilleri, Bateman, Belinda Bauer, books of the month, Deon Meyer, Elly Griffiths, Johan Theorin, John Hart, Leah Giarratano (Aus), Linda Castillo, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rob Kitchin, Stuart Neville | 13 Comments