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Title: THE IMMORTAL PRINCE Publisher: Voyager Author: Jennifer Fallon Edition released: Feb 2007 ISBN: 0 7322 8335 3 658 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison Kyle Lakesh has brutally murdered seven people, and seems happy to be executed until he re… more »

City of Spies (Aztec 3) by Simon Levack Publisher: Simon & Schuster Edition released: April 2007 ISBN: 978-1-4165-0254-8 333 pages Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm CITY OF SPIES is the third book in the Aztec series set in Mexico in 1517. Tetzco… more »

Leigh Redhead is a recentish arrival in the Australian Crime Fiction scene. http://www.austcrimefiction.org/index.php/Redhead%2C_Leigh Peepshow came out in 2004, Rubdown in 2005 and Cherry Pie is due a bit later in 2007. Leigh's main character,… more »

The Gumshoe Awards are given by Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of crime fiction. The nominated books were chosen from those published for the first time in the United States in 2006. The winners will be announced o… more »

A few new books arrived today (so it's a GOOD day here): The Seducer by Jan Kjaerstad, Barbara Haveland The Blood Spilt by Asa Larsson, Marlaine Delargy The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson The Torso by Helene Tursten I'm sure it… more »

Well Cross by Ken Bruen was everything you would and could expect from this fabulous author and more. Needless to say it kept me awake way later than it should have last night, but my review will be published in April when the book comes out. Now… more »

Title: YU-GI-OH! DUELIST VOLUME 6 Author and Artist: Kazuki Takahashi ISBN: 0 575 07854 5 Publisher: Gollancz Manga Pages: 197 Reviewed By: Adam Donnison Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games and dark avenger of evildoers is also the alter ego o… more »

This is cheating a bit because I started this book a day or so ago, but it's hot and humid and hot and horrible and hot and the end of March and hot and I'm not up to thinking of anything else to say except if you haven't read Ken Bruen where on earth h… more »

A STAIN ON THE SILENCE by Andrew Taylor Publisher: Penguin Australia Edition released: 2007 ISBN: 978-0-141-01860-7 416 pages Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm James and Nicky are a happily married couple, no kids, new big fancy house, everything… more »

Some would hasten to suggest that I need this like a hole in the head, but boy do I love this new community: http://crimespace.ning.com/ Set up by Daniel Hatadi http://www.austcrimefiction.org/index.php/Hatadi%2C_Daniel I was invited to join… more »

Title: DREAMQUAKE Publisher: Harper Collins Author: Elizabeth Knox Edition released: February 2007 ISBN 0732281946 514 pages Genre: Young Adult / Fantasy / Mystery Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm Dreamhunters can catch and broadcast dreams.… more »

Title: THE MOON TUNNEL Publisher: Penguin Australia Author: Jim Kelly Edition released: 2006 ISBN: 0-141-01863-1 377 pages Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm Ely is a small town, deep in the Cambridges… more »

For all those Ken Bruen fan's out there - form an orderly queue to the left when the book is finally released .... ORRRRRRR You could visit: http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/Competition.html And have a go at winning the competition for a free copy.… more »

New review books arrived yesterday: Mystery / Crime: Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell and The Sacred Bones by Michael Byrnes Fantasy: The Dragon Queens by Traci Harding - another Australian author, this is the second book in a series. more »

This meme is doing the rounds and I thought it looked interesting. If you want to participate you: Bold the ones you’ve read; Italicize the ones you want to read; Cross out the ones you wouldn't touch with a barge pole; Put a cross (+)… more »

Started The Moon Tunnel by Jim Kelly last night. I really enjoyed an earlier one by the same author The Water Clock so I'm looking forward to getting past the 50 pages I managed before my eyes closed involuntarily last night. more »

Just finished The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo From the book blurb: "Someone is killing young girls in the once-peaceful parks of Stockholm - killing them after having his way. The people of Stockholm are tense and fearful. Poli… more »

I finished The Savage Garden by Mark Mills last night - it's due for publication in April 2007 so my review will come out then. Now I've started one from my favourite authors - The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo more »

Adam's updated his blog recently with a couple of reviews that might interest some: Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley - http://tinyurl.com/34cjxz One Piece 5, Eiichiro Oda (Manga) http://tinyurl.com/25ze5c and The Third in the Hal Spacejock Serie… more »

Title: JUST DESSERTS Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press Author: Simon Haynes Edition released: 2004 ISBN: 9781 921064 39 5 344 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison The intrepid, indomitable and mostly incompetent space pilot Hal Spacej… more »

Title: ONE PIECE VOLUME 5 Author and Artist: Eiichiro Oda ISBN: 0 575 08021 3 Publisher: Gollancz Manga Pages: 190 Reviewed By: Adam Donnison The ruthless pirate Captain Kuro has had his disguise of Butler to Kaya's family exposed as… more »

Title: AN EASEFUL DEATH Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press Author: Felicity Young Edition released: February 2007 ISBN 9 781920 731137 299 pages Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm DS Stevie Hooper, recently seconded to the Serious Crime Squad in… more »

Title: WINTERBIRTH Publisher: Little, Brown Author: Brian Ruckley Edition released: January 2007 ISBN 1 84149 630 8 544 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison In the First Age, the Gods created a single race, but realising their failure they d… more »

I'm now reading An Easeful Death by Felicity Young. http://www.austcrimefiction.org/index.php/An_Easeful_Death This is the second book by the author, A Certain Malice being the first. The blurb of An Easeful Death is: "She was naked, her bod… more »

J R Carroll writes a really lively combination of gangster thriller crime fiction. Set in and around Melbourne there have been a few books which are a series - using the same characters and a lot that are standalone. CHEATERS is one of the standalon… more »

Whilst we're all tapping our toes ...patiently... waiting for the next Shane Maloney / Murray Whelan instalment, Leigh Redhead's next offering in the Simone Kirsch series: Cherry Pie: http://tinyurl.com/38xy39 "Description : Simone Kirsch - ex-st… more »

The author of Let the Right One In was on Radio National's "The Book Show" this morning, and the audio is now downloadable from: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/default.htm Highly recommended if you have read the book - he provides some very int… more »

Over the weekend I had a play with a few plugins which, well, went feral a bit. Probably me - I tend to be a bit scattergun with these things, but what's owning your own blog site if not an excuse to tinker. Anyway - I think I've sorted everything o… more »

Title: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Publisher: Text Publishing Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist Edition released: March 2007 ISBN: 978-1-921145-71-1 513 pages Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm Oskar is a timid and lonely little boy, living in a high-rise bu… more »

Just finished Alex Barclay's The Caller - which is due for release in April 2007, when my review of that will be published. Next up on the review pile is The Savage Garden by Mark Mills Savage Garden, The - also due out in April. In the meantime… more »

Title: MANIC STREETS OF PERTH Publisher: Baby Ice Dog Press Author: Dave Franklin Edition released: 2005 ISBN: 0 9580061 1 3 Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm Manic Streets of Perth is an anthology made up of 3 distinct novellas - Manic Streets of Per… more »

I wouldn't put it past Shane Maloney to be trying to do our heads in here but....... From the Brunswick Institute Official Newsletter received yesterday: "Please do not be alarmed. You are receiving this email because you joined the mailing list f… more »

Title: THE DEATH OF DALZIEL Publisher: Harper Collins Author: Reginald Hill Edition released: March 2007 ISBN: 978 0 00 719485 8 Classification: Crime 408 pages Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm Two mutton pasties, an almond slice and a custard ta… more »