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Sins Of The Brother by Mark Whittaker & Les Kennedy
Sins of the brother by Mark Whittaker & Les Kennedy is the second book I have read about Ivan Milat this year. The first, Milat: inside Australia’s biggest manhunt by former detective and assistant...
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Suri’s Wall by Lucy Estela illustrated Matt Ottley reviewed by Jill Smith
Suri was tall for her age. The other children kept away from her. They were afraid of her. She was lonely. Only the wall she walked along was warm to her touch. Then one day, she reached for the wall...
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Bob the Railway Dog by Corinne Fenton Illustrated byAndrew McLean reviewed by...
Bob the railway dog is a delightful story I will happily share with my grand-daughters. The history of the growing railway in South Australia, interwoven with the dog’s adventurous spirit, means he did...
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Vale Gillian Mears (1964-2016)
From the ABC: “The literary world is mourning the death of award-winning Australian author Gillian Mears, who has died aged 51. Mears died on her family’s property near Grafton, in northern New South...
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Elianne by Judy Nunn
Elianne, is a story about wealth, power and lies, set on a large and imposing sugar cane plantation in Bundaberg, Queensland. It’s 1881 and ‘Big Jim’ Durham creates for Elianne Desmarais, his young...
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The Husband’s Secret
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. What would you do if you stumbled across an envelope containing a letter from your partner stating that it was to be opened only in the event of their death?...
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Ghost Empire
GHOST EMPIRE – Richard Fidler There were moments when I thought I would not finish this book, as it rambles across timelines, locations and people. I did finish it though and was in the end glad I...
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Goodwood by Holly Throsby
Goodwood is the debut novel from Australian author Holly Throsby, who is also a noted singer-songwriter. Reading a mystery novel really takes me out of my comfort zone – I’m just not that way inclined...
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The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur Upfield
The Napoleon Bonaparte Series (Bony or sometimes Boney for short) is an early set of detective novels set in Australia, with an aboriginal detective inspector. This first one was published in 1929....
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Kate Mitchell is an army wife. Where Dusty goes she follows. She married him hoping for an adventurous life. When he deployed in Afghanistan she believed he would return to her whole. He was a...
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