Faber and Faber 2016 Reviewer – Lesley Vick Synopsis So far, twenty-three thousand and ninety six people have seen me online. They include my mother, my father, my little sister, my grandmother, my other grandmother, my grandfather, my boss, my sixth year Biology teacher and my boyfriend James. When Leah Oliphant-Brotheridge and her adopted sister …
Publisher: Scribe Copyright year: 2015 Reviewer – Robyn Walton Synopsis Stella’s phone rings. A young African boy, the son of one of her clients, has been murdered in a dingy back alley. Stella, in her forties and running low on empathy, heads into the night to comfort the grieving mother. But when she gets there, …
Publisher: Corvus Copyright date: 2016 Reviewer: Sandra Nicholson Synopsis Alex is sinking. Slowly but surely, she’s cut herself off from everything but her one true love – drink. Until she’s forced to write a piece about a coma ward, where she meets Amy. Amy is lost. When she was fifteen, she was attacked and …
Publisher: Sphere Copyright date: 2014 Reviewer: Sandra Nicholson Synopsis: London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear. There is plague in the stews of St Giles, the Dutch fleet is preparing to invade and a banking crisis threatens to leave Charles II’s government with no means of paying for the …
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Copyright year: 2016 Synopsis You don’t have to believe in ghosts for the dead to haunt you. You don’t have to be a murderer to be guilty. Within six months of Pen Sheppard starting university, three of her new friends are dead. Only Pen knows the reason why. College life had …
Macmillan Dettman 2016 Review: Lesley Vick Synopsis Sarah Carter, mother of 12-year-old Marni, is raising her daughter alone in a small granny flat in suburban Melbourne. A serial killer, dubbed ‘The Freeway Killer’, is headline news and when Marni’s classmate is abducted from the mall where Sarah and Marni shop, their city no longer feels …
Publisher : Echo 2015 Review by Lesley Vick Synopsis Yearning for her former life as an archaeologist, Australian librarian Dr Elizabeth Pimms is struggling with a job she doesn’t want and a family she both loves and resents. A royal Olmec cemetery is discovered deep in the Mexican jungle, containing the earliest writing in …
Join designer/maker Paula Dunlop for a hands-on, two-hour workshop and take home your very own art deco inspired beaded pendant or brooch. Enjoy morning tea in the historical setting of Old Government House as you make custom pieces fit for Miss Fisher herself! Image credit: Essie Davis in the Every Cloud Production Miss Fisher’s Murder …
Join Kim Wilson, editor of the recent publication Brisbane Art Deco: Stories of our built heritage, and discover the interesting stories behind Brisbane’s art deco architecture. Explore the hidden histories of buildings including the Avalon Theatre, McWhirters department store and the Waterloo Hotel and look at why these architectural treasures continue to hold a special …
Join fashion curator Dr Nadia Buick for a fascinating Behind-the Seams tour of the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Costume Exhibition. Uncover secrets from the workroom of award winning costume designer Marion Boyce and immerse yourself in the opulent wardrobes of Miss Fisher’s characters. Nadia is a curator, writer and researcher across the disciplines of fashion …