Category Archives: Jane Harper (Aus)

Books of the month: October 2017

Pick of the month October delivered more real-life shenanigans (this time on the health front), making 2017 an interesting year if nothing else. But here I prefer to focus on books rather than shenanigans, especially when I’ve read a book … Continue reading

Posted in books of the month, Jane Harper (Aus), Jock Serong (Aus), Maddie Day, Qiu Xiaolong, Shankari Chandran (Aus), Val McDermid | 5 Comments

Musings on 2017’s Australian crime writing awards

It’s crime fiction awards season again here in Australia (and elsewhere) and while I am not participating as a judge in any way this year I can’t help but ponder the shortlists. I’ve tried not to be too obvious about … Continue reading

Posted in Adrian McKinty, Ann Turner (Aus), Candice Fox (Aus), Cath Ferla (Aus), Emily Maguire (Aus), Holly Throsby (Aus), Jane Harper (Aus), Jock Serong (Aus), Melina Marchetta (Aus), musings, Wendy James (Aus) | 6 Comments

2016: The Favourites as Reading Bingo

One of my favourite bloggers is once again challenging people to play Reading Bingo and another blogging pal has already played the game. Feeling a little left out I thought I would see how many of the 25 squares I could … Continue reading

Posted in Agatha Christie, Amanda Ortlepp (Aus), books of the year, David Owen (Aus), Denise Mina, Doug Johnstone, E.M. Channon, Elly Griffiths, Emily Arsenault, Emily Maguire (Aus), Emma Viskic (Aus), Hans Olav Lahlum, Helen Garner (Aus), Hideo Yokoyama, Jane Harper (Aus), Jock Serong (Aus), Karin Fossum, Larry D. Sweazy, Lou Berney, Melina Marchetta (Aus), Mickey Spillane, Olga Lorenzo (Aus), Ruth Rendell, Shamini Flint, Sulari Gentill (Aus) | 13 Comments

Books of the month: July 2016

Pick of the month July was a really slow reading month for me with only 6 books completed (or 949 pages + 24.5 hours of listening). But I still managed to find some gems including debut novel THE DRY from Jane … Continue reading

Posted in A.E. Martin (Aus), books of the month, Deborah Johnson, Ellery Adams, Jane Harper (Aus), Roger Monk (Aus) | 6 Comments