Book Reviews - Sisters in Crime Members
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The Genesis Flaw by L.A. Larkin |
I was keen to read The Genesis Flaw after meeting LA Larkin at a writers’ festival on the Gold Coast. I was impressed by Larkin’s account of the research that went into the book, which included consulting with world-renowned geneticists, working closely with a computer hacker, and even attending a hackers’ conference. (Larkin gave the audience at the SheKilda... |
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Silent Fear by Katherine Howell |
It's odd, the things that can occur to you when you're reading books. In the case of SILENT FEAR I just could not stop thinking how glad I was to be a reader and not a writer. Honestly, how do these people come up with such consistently good characters and excellent plots? Howell makes her life that little bit more difficult by always bringing in a Paramedic thread,... |
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Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill |
Review by Angela Savage When I tweeted recently that I was on the train to Melbourne from Ballan reading an advance copy of Sulari Gentill's new novel Miles Off Course, an Aussie crime fiction blogger promptly tweeted back 'I am jealous enough to meet your train and mug you for your copy of that... |
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Killing the Rabbit by Alison Goodman |
“Killing The Rabbit” is Alison Goodman’s first crime fiction and it is a beauty. The book is set between Australia and Japan with some intriguing meeting of the cultures. The strict cultural norms are highlighted in the first sentence – “The forecaster could only come to one conclusion: there was no company protocol for hiring an assassin.”... |
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Take Out by Felicity Young |
This is Felicity Young’s third book featuring DSS Stevie Hooper, and like its predecessors it’s a cracker. While the prologue and epilogue are set in Thailand, the rest of the book centres on Perth, and the author brings the city to life. |
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The Killing Hands by P.D. Martin |
This novel is the fourth in a series featuring Sophie Anderson, an Australian criminal profiler working in the Los Angeles Field Office of the FBI. She is brought in to help solve the murder of an unknown victim whose throat was ripped out by someone or something that left no clue. As Sophie builds a profile of the killer, her knowledge of martial arts leads her to the shocking... |
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A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill |
Fans of Australian writing (not just crime fiction) if you've not caught up yet with Rowly Sinclair and his wanderings through 1930's Sydney and beyond, where on earth have you been? A DECLINE IN PROPHETS is the second book in the Rowland Sinclair series from Sulari Gentill and after dithering around for a week or so trying to come up with something that describes the book... |
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Forbidden Fruit - a Corinna Chapman Mystery - 2010 Davitt Readers Choice Winner by Kerry Greenwood |
Forbidden Fruit is the fifth in the Corinna Chapman series by Kerry Greenwood. Greenwood is a prodigious writer, best known for her Phryne Fisher novels. Forbidden Fruits’ Corinna is an ex-accountant who left her life of regular hours and tailored suits behind to run a small, successful bakery off Flinders Lane in Melbourne, Earthly Delights. Those who know and... |
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Redback by Lindy Cameron |
Lindy Cameron, author of Golden Relic and the Kit O’Malley private eye series, Blood Guilt, Bleeding Hearts andThicker than Water, has taken a new and highly successful direction with her latest book, Redback. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to review since the fun comes from the twists and turns, the surprises and the excitement which keeps... |
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Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks |
Genius Squad is the sequel to Catherine Jinks’ 2006 Davitt Young Adult award-winning, Evil Genius. Cadel Piggott, boy genius, returns, but this time he’s trying to make it on the side of good, rather than evil. Cadel is faced with the grim prospect of killing time in a well-meant foster home where computer time is doled out in excruciatingly small time periods,... |
Book Reviews - Non Members
| The Sinner | Petra Hammesfahr |
| Fear Not | Anne Holt |
| Believing the Lie | Elizabeth George |
| 1222 | Anne Holt |
| The Sleeping Dragon | Miyuki Miyabe |
| Death and The Spanish Lady | Carolyn Morwood |
| Down the Darkest Road | Tami Hoag |
| Containment | Vanda Symon |
| Blood Rose | Margie Orford |
| Like Clockwork | Margie Orford |
| Let The Dead Lie | Malla Nunn |
| Beyond Fear | Jaye Ford |
| Murdering Stepmothers – the execution of Martha Rendell | Anna Haebich |
| Watch the World Burn | Leah Giarratano |
| MasterMind - A Mitchell Parker crime thriller | H.M. Goltz |
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