Category Archives: Peter Temple (Aus)

Book vs Adaptation: BAD DEBTS

Posted on October 27, 2012 by bernadetteinoz

The book I found Edward Dollary age 47, defrocked accountant, big spender and dishonest person living in a house rented in the name of Carol Pick. It was in a new brick veneer suburb built on cow pasture east of … Continue reading →

Posted in book vs adaptation, Peter Temple (Aus) | 14 Comments

Crime Fiction Alphabet: V is for Victoria (the bit of Australia not the Queen)

Posted on June 13, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I have neglected the last couple of alphabet letters but it can’t be helped: day-job workload and a dead computer reduced my blogging in recent weeks. Unfortunately I’ve chosen to return to the meme for a pesky letter of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carolyn Morwood (Aus), Crime Fiction Alphabet, Fergus Hume (Aus), Garry Disher (Aus), Jarad Henry (Aus), Kerry Greenwood (Aus), Lindy Cameron (Aus), Peter Klein, Peter Temple (Aus), Shane Maloney (Aus) | 11 Comments

Sunday Salon: What to read first (a revised Dartmoor Dozen)

Posted on February 22, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

Last week I wrote about being unable to meet Uriah Robinson’s challenge of putting together a list of books in these categories as a reading list for someone new to this genre. I was told by more than one person … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthur Conan Doyle, Asa Larsson, Dashiell Hammett, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Peters, Fred Vargas, Helen Fitzgerald (Aus), Ian Sansom, Kathryn Fox (Aus), list, memes and challenges, Michael Crichton, Ngaio Marsh, Peter Temple (Aus) | 8 Comments

2008 a year in reading

Posted on December 30, 2008 by bernadetteinoz

Before I list my best books of the year a few statistics that sum up my reading year: I started 94 books this year and finished 82 of those. That’s a few more DNFs than I usually have but I did … Continue reading →

Posted in Asa Larsson, books of the year, C J Box, Deon Meyer, Felicity Young (Aus), Kerry Greenwood (Aus), Leah Giarratano (Aus), list, Matt Beynon Rees, Nigel McCrery, Peter Temple (Aus), Stieg Larsson | 9 Comments