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Author: Pamela Burton Publisher: Melbourne University Press Copyright Year: 2012 ISBN: 9870522862317 Review By: Jo McGahey Book Synopsis: Anthony Waterlow left his decrepit room in a run-down boarding house at 4.45 p.m on Monday 9 November 2009. By 6 p.m, the 42-year-old was seen leaving another home: his sister Chloe’s in Randwick. He left behind …
Author: Maggie Groff Publisher: Pan Mac Millan Australia Copyright Year: 2012 ISBN: 9781742610795 Review By: Sue Turnbull Book Synopsis: When a secretive American cult moves to the Gold Coast, freelance journalist Scout Davis’s investigative antennae start quivering. She sets out to expose the cult’s lunatic beliefs and bizarre practices, but when she learns the identity …
Author: Iris Johansen Publisher: St Martin’s Press Copyright Year: 2013 ISBN: 1250019982 Review By: Kylie Book Synopsis: Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan’s mission is to bring closure to the families whose loved ones have vanished. She knows their anguish—her own beloved daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her when Bonnie was just seven years old. It is …
Author: Ruth Dugdall Publisher: Text Publishing Copyright Year: 2012 ISBN: 9781921922893 Review By: Angela Savage Book Synopsis: They came for me, just like I knew they would. Luke had been dead for just three days. Rose Wilks’ life is shattered when her newborn baby Joel is admitted to intensive care. Emma Hatcher has all that …
Author: Louise Penny Publisher: Sphere Copyright Year: 2013 Review By: Sandra Nicholson Book Synopsis: A DETECTIVE – As a fierce, unrelenting winter grips Quebec, shadows are closing in on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department and hostile forces are lining up against him. A DISAPPEARANCE – When …
Author: Lynn Shepard Publisher: Allen and Unwin Copyright Year: 2010 Review By: Phyllis King Book Synopsis: Murder at Mansfield Park is a witty and clever reimagining of Jane Austen’s much-loved novel Mansfield Park. But in this Mansfield Park, things have changed … Formerly Austen’s meekest heroine, Fanny Price has become not only an heiress to …
Author: Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Publisher: Sphere Copyright Year: 2013 Review By: Sandra Nicholson Book Synopsis: When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. …
Author: Elizabeth Haynes Publisher: Text Publlishing Copyright Year: 2013 Review By: Anne Buist Book Synopsis: How well do you know your neighbour? How well do they know you? Would they notice if you lived or died? Police Analyst Annabel wouldn’t describe herself as lonely. Her work keeps her busy and the needs of her ageing …
Author: Fiona Harari Publisher: Melbourne University Press Copyright Year: 2011 Review By: Phyllis King Book Synopsis: This was not the ending either of them expected. Marcus Einfeld, former Federal Court judge and human rights champion, and his old friend Teresa Brennan, an exuberant, sometimes controversial US-based academic, had each spent years establishing demanding careers and …
Author: Julia Heaberlin Publisher: Ballantine Books – The Random House Publishing Group Copyright Year: 2012 Review By: Phyllis King Book Synopsis: What if your whole life was a lie ? That’s the question torturing child psychologist Tommie McCloud after she opens a stranger’s letter only days after burying her father. The woman claims that Tommie …