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The Minders by John Marrs, set in the same futuristic world as The Passengers and The One.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Forgotten Hours by Katrin Schumann
1 and a half stars
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I think most mystery readers are familiar with Daphne du Maurier. I just read Jamaica Inn, a suspenseful "it was a dark and stormy night . . ." thriller.
4★ Link to my "Jamaica Inn" review
Interviewing The Dead by David Field is the first in his Carlyle & West Victorian Mystery Series. London, 1892, ghosts of plague victims - what?? A doctor and a preacher join forces to investigate.
3★ Link to my "Interviewing the Dead" review
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Paul Kelly: The Man, The Music and the Life in Between by Stuart Coupehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Who better than the actor who played Jackson Brodie in the TV series to narrate the 5th book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, Big Sky? Such a pleasure to listen to, I did so twice.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wow, Jock Serong is getting better all the time. The Burning Island, his sequel to Preservation, is another excellent piece of Australian historical fiction.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finally got around to properly reading The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien after a failed attempt back in my late teens. Totally worth it.
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Victoria Purman's latest Australian historical fiction, The Women's Pages is an interesting look at Australian women's lives in the immediate post-WW2 period. 4★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my review for a creepy ghost/horror story
It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplanhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Book of Secrets By Elizabeth Joy Arnold
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It was lovely to have Sandie Docker's excellent second novel, The Cottage at Rosella Cove, read to me by Kathryn Hartman.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
As a nostalgic break from the 21st century, I revisited the well-loved children's classic The Velveteen Rabbit Or, How Toys Become Real written by Margery Williams Bianco nearly a century ago. What an excellent visit that was!
5★ Link to my Velveteen Rabbit review with a few illustrations from the original 1922 edition.
In spite of the title, After The Carnage is NOT a grisly thriller but a mixed collection of short stories by talented indigenous Aussie author Tara June Winch, who won the prestigious Miles Franklin award for her latest novel, The Yield. These are urban, international, and varied. 
4★ Link to my review of After the Carnage
My review of Home to Turtle Bay by Marion Lennox[bookcover:Home to Turtle Bay
4 and a half stars
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My review of Home to Turtle Bay by Marion Lennox
4 and a half stars
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Kinda proud of how many awful puns I worked into this review. XDThe Hawk by Peter Smalley
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I have just finished reviewing a very fun, very nice to read book
by Australian Minnie DarkeI found it a very enjoyable read and gave it four stars. I have been reading so many books with a tie to Tasmania recently, I don't know why that is, but this was another one.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And also, Just finished Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe for my personal challenge to read more of 'the classics'
Fine book! four stars
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Today I finished the new Aussie crime fiction by Benjamin Stevenson, Either Side of Midnight. Whilst I enjoyed the concept, the execution on this one was a little off.
You can read my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Helix: 8 (Kill Switch) by Nathan M. Farrugiahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished 2 very different AA books yesterday. The first was The Bluffs by Kyle Perry, which I found rather disappointing.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Luckily the other one was Jock Serong's new book, The Burning Island, which was outstanding.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I would have to say that I think Fiona Higgins latest novel, An Unusual Boy is her best yet. I fell instantly in love with Jackson, he had me laughing and crying and, sometimes, quite anxious. Stunning cover!This one is out 20th October
5 BIG ★s
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I really enjoyed the second book in Graham Brack's historical mystery series featuring 17th century Dutch priest and University lecturer Master Mercurius. Clever and witty.
Untrue till Deathreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrowhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
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Here's my review of Petronella McGovern's brilliant new thriller-suspense title, The Good Teacher, officially released yesterday (1/9/20) by Allen & Unwin. A really great read! Thanks to the author and Allen & Unwin for the ARC!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another excellent psychological thriller from Wendy Walker! 
Don't Look for Mereview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of prequel thriller
American Assassin by the late Vince Flynn 4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for another engrossing mystery from Jane Harper
The Survivorshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Thanks Sharon - it had a couple of numbers missing. All fixed now :)
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