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Author: Candice Fox Publisher: Random House Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Anne Bruist Book Synopsis: Most police duos run on trust, loyalty, and the desire to see killers in court. But Detective Frank Bennett’s partner, the enigmatic Eden Archer, has nothing to offer him but darkness and danger. She doesn’t mind catching killers – but …
Author: Candice Fox Publisher: Random House Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Anne Bruist Book Synopsis: Homicide detective Frank Bennett has an intriguing new partner. Dark, beautiful, coldly efficient, Eden Archer is one of the most enigmatic colleagues Frank has ever worked with—that includes her brother Eric, who’s also on the Sydney Metro police force. All …
Author: Margaret Maron Publisher: Grand Central/Hachette Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Robyn Walton Book Synopsis: When Judge Deborah Knott is summoned to her ailing Aunt Rachel’s bedside, she assumes the worst. Thankfully when she arrives at the hospice center she learns that Rachel hasn’t passed; in fact, the dying woman is awake. Surrounded by her …
Author: Sujata Massey Publisher: Ikat Press Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Robyn Walton Book Synopsis: When an earthquake triggers a tsunami that floods Japan’s northeast coast, amateur sleuth Rei Shimura is pushed into her most rugged adventure yet. It starts with an SOS from Rei’s beloved elderly friend, the antiques dealer Mr. Ishida, who’s trapped …
Author: Kathy Reichs Publisher: William Heinemann Review By: Robyn Walton Book Synopsis: When forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan is approached by amateur detective Hazel ‘Lucky’ Strike, at first she is inclined to dismiss the woman’s claims that she’s matched a previously unidentified set of remains with a name. But as the words of a terrified …
Author: Gabrielle Lord Publisher: Hachette Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Robyn Walton Book Synopsis: Detective-Inspector Debra Hawkins has domestic violence in her sights. But as head of a new police unit targeting violence against women, she has hit a wall of silence. How can she help Rana al-Sheikly, a young woman who yearns for the …
Author: Elizabeth Farrelly Publisher: Walker Books Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Nita Jaye Book Synopsis: One match, one chance, she thinks. Make it count. Skipping school to lead a group of friends – and enemies – on an adult-free excursion to an island in Sydney Harbour is Caro’s idea of a twelfth birthday outing. Marooned …
Author: Amy Dale Publisher: Ebury Press Copyright Year: 2014 ISBN: 9780857985330 Review By: Suzanne Bozorth-Baines Book Synopsis: A terrified woman runs for the door, her final effort to escape a cruel and controlling fiancé. She is too late. A secret camera captures him covering her mouth to suppress her screams as he drags her back …
Author: Justine Larbalestier Publisher: Allen and Unwin Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Angela Savage Book Synopsis: Kelpie and Dymphna are accustomed to the mean streets of 1930s Sydney, but this is a day that will test their courage, their loyalty, and their ability to survive both the ill-intentions of the living and the ever-presence of …
Author: Anna Jaquiery Publisher: Pan MacMillan Copyright Year: 2015 Review By: Angela Savage and Sandra Nicholson Book Synopsis: Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the rainy season. When a French man, Hugo Quercy, is found brutally murdered, Commandant Serge Morel finds his holiday drawn to an abrupt halt. Quercy – dynamic, well-connected – was the magnetic head of …