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from the Aussie Readers group.
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IVF and green energy . . .
Last Best Chance by Brooke Dunnell ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An addictive read I finished in less than 24 hours! 
Sanctuary by Garry Disher ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
💫💫💫💫💫and if I could give it more stars, I would!
If I Should Lose You by Natasha Lester https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The perfect blend of romance and Australian outback mystery/crime thriller!
The Grazier's Son by Cathryn Hein ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Phrynne wrote: "I don't think Goodreads likes all the rain we are having in Sydney. It is an absolute error-fest this afternoon and sooooooo slow"It's not raining here in New Zealand, but I can't edit anything either! Yes, slooooooow, and it just keeps returning to the home page. I was wanting to edit a review I wrote 1st April, but according to GR, it doesn't exist, yet it is copied and pasted to NG. 🤷♀️
A tantalising read . . .
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A tantalising crime/detective/thriller
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
All finished!I'm in too please Brenda. 💕📚
March Featured Author - Candice Fox
Duration: 1/3/24 - 31/3/24
Level: HARD
10/10
AA 🦘 5/5
TASKS
#1. Candice Fox is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney's western suburbs; the daughter of a parole officer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to the family.
**Read a book by an Australian author
The Good Dog by Simon Rowell AA🦘COMPLETED 22.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. As a cynical and trouble-making teenager, her crime and gothic fiction writing was an escape from the calamity of her home life. She was constantly in trouble for reading Anne Rice in church and scaring her friends with tales from Australia's wealth of true crime writers.
**Read a book where the first letter of each title word fits into ANNE RICE (2 word minimum)
Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid COMPLETED 29.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. Bankstown born and bred, she failed to conform to military life in a brief stint as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy at age eighteen. At twenty, she turned her hand to academia, and taught high school through two undergraduate and two postgraduate degrees..
**Read a book set in Sydney
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The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices by Liz Foster AA🦘 COMPLETED 10.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4. Candice's first novel was Hades, published 2014. She has published many more, has two series of her own and also collaborates with US author James Patterson
**Read a book which is part of a series
Thorn on the Rose by Joy Dettman AA🦘COMPLETED 27.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Candice Fox (which can include a collaboration)
The Inn by James Patterson and Candice Fox AA🦘 COMPLETED 20.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELLOUT - HADES
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The Hunter by Tana French COMPLETED 14/03/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A-
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey COMPLETED 30.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...D -
Vanished by James Delargy AA🦘 COMPLETED 15/03/24 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...E -
The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand COMPLETED 25.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...S -
Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner COMPLETED 21/03/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A controversial ending!
The Father She Went to Find by Carter Wilson ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Spellbinding, gritty and realistic historical fiction - don't be fooled by the beautiful cover!
Thorn on the Rose by Joy Dettman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A cracking good Aussie crime thriller!
The Good Dog by Simon Rowell ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An excellent debut novel, and an author to watch!
The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E. by Claire Parkin narrated by Jenny Funnell ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An escapist, action-packed psychological thriller!
Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am in too please. 💕📚 April Featured Author - Ann Cleeves
Duration: 1/4/24 - 30/4/24
Level: HARD 9/9
AA🦘 5/5
HARD - Tasks & Spell Out (minimum 4 AA)
#1. Ann Cleeves is best known for her two famous series, 'Vera' featuring D.I Vera Stanhope and 'Shetland' which stars D.I.Jimmy Perez. Her newest series stars Matthew Venn and is called Two Rivers.
**Read a mystery
The Grazier's Son by Cathryn Hein AA🦘COMPLETED 04.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. Ann grew up in England, first in Herefordshire and then in Devon
**Read a book set in England
A Clock Stopped Dead by J.M. Hall COMPLETED 12.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. She has written approximately 112 books and three series, and has been translated into at least 16 languages
**Read a book by an author who has written more than one series.
Moth To The Flame by Joy Dettman AA🦘COMPLETED 17.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4. Ann's books have won many awards and have been made into popular TV series.
**Read a book where the first letter of every word in its title can be found in TV SERIES (two word title minimum)
Embers and Echoes by Daniel de Lorne AA🦘 COMPLETED 19.04.24 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Ann Cleeves
Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves COMPLETED 16.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELLOUT - VERA
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Voices in the Dark by Fleur McDonald AA🦘COMPLETED 21.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...E -
In Her Place by Edel Coffey COMPLETED 22.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...R -
The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman AA 🦘COMPLETED 26.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A -
A Marriage of Lies by Amanda McKinney COMPLATED 13.04.24 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Australian outback crime thriller
Vanished by James Delargy ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Captivating, character driven, Irish mystery 🍀🍀🍀🍀.5
The Hunter by Tana French ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
From my 2017 NetGalley backlist. Intense, gripping and suspenseful.
The Hidden Hours by Sara Foster ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An emotionally powerful ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐read! 
Red Dirt Home by Renae Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
