2026-06-06T07:46:23Z https://yabu.me kc https://yabu.me/npub1mddlc0u0wmwwhkrhu0sux8rrktyneas00sqw5j7qqg9t98067uxsc3w72h https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/110/863/129/211/181/939/original/8d1112c844f5436c.jpg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/110/863/129/211/181/939/original/8d1112c844f5436c.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspejguqs5tp436ddtj3heh7z8uml4w8vq2elcnhal5eruyfddk00czyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms62fkyhe Today&#39;s review is from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cvnf9r20cyrh0a3yk0pu74rejhdeepugglz3vaypafjfl38lutgqd7x2zm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>NotTheRealNedKelly</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cvn…x2zm</span>)</a></span> on the much discussed recent release The Turing Protocol by Nick Croydon. Fair to say, he had ... issues....<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3fWn">https://tinyl.co/3fWn</a><br/><br/>#Review <br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/149/350/249/186/046/original/4ca4c370e5e7d0f4.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-05T02:36:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyks2qvh3mnptxnwthhh2gzw6qcwuaq73qjcsenjw2579tdpzzjqqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6ssppz4 Two new reviews today<br/><br/>Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane: <a href="https://tinyl.co/3eKE">https://tinyl.co/3eKE</a><br/><br/>Very clever connected short stories.<br/><br/>The Hollow Girl, Lyn Yeowart <a href="https://tinyl.co/3eKG">https://tinyl.co/3eKG</a><br/><br/>Gives a voice to young woman in a devastating scenario<br/><br/>Both exploring consequences of criminal behaviour.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/126/851/590/728/467/original/12d1755e5656f5d1.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/126/852/151/047/993/original/26037801062d57da.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-01T03:17:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszd5azkncxgpep8ra0m3mw7qk8pl3j2gs0zf2rfrlhqjv8p3v2h5czyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6nnkhxu My #review of the latest by prolific, and always clever / fun author Sulari Gentill - Five Found Dead:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/five-found-dead-sulari-gentill">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/five-found-dead-sulari-gentill</a><br/><br/>... hugely entertaining novel, fascinatingly clever ...<br/><br/>#Review<br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#books <br/>#bookstodon <br/>#auscrime<br/>#BookReview<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/047/630/883/536/390/original/4fd3091361b9f94c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-18T03:26:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp40w9q0fczfjy2xcay498h9wr36at9lqxryw947c76dr3g8wtasszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6yq4jdy Been a while - so recent postings of which there were ... well a lot.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>Lots of new releases &amp; reviews - notably there&#39;s a new Adrian Hyland novel on the way, as well as what&#39;s probably the last Phryne Fisher<br/><br/>#books <br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-11T02:34:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswdl90cpzdt7hx4psph6g0rvjpzrx4xs2v3urgmc75ul9jaa5qq6qzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6tuydvh Review of #yeahnoir The Secret of the Angel Who Died at Midnight by Rosy Fenwicke<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3YSH">https://tinyl.co/3YSH</a><br/><br/>Set in a wine-growing region, the sense of place is pretty strong drawing on a small town, with tensions between the old residents &amp; newcomers staying very close to home. <br/><br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/>#CrimeFiction<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/969/177/795/959/356/original/b87dd1a2625bf5a2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-04T06:54:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7t52l57jc8rjp4l9zasa6870yr9dfnxtrpq6uep80lhk0jg7cdgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6fett6a 2025 Danger Awards Shortlist Announced by the The Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/danger-awards-shortlist-announced-by-the-the-bad-sydney-crime-writers-festival">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/danger-awards-shortlist-announced-by-the-the-bad-sydney-crime-writers-festival</a><br/><br/>So many great books. Just not enough time!<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-04T04:30:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszcxjakgq9ef4vp3chzr5ynd5cehtqxvkgpmn807xpy05yxzy9chszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms66repun This week saw the start of a catch up on #yeahnoir reviews:<br/><br/>The Defiance of Frances Dickinson by Wendy Parkins <a href="https://tinyl.co/3XwU">https://tinyl.co/3XwU</a><br/><br/>Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud, Lee Murray <a href="https://tinyl.co/3XwV">https://tinyl.co/3XwV</a><br/><br/>Glass Barbie, Michel Botur <a href="https://tinyl.co/3XwW">https://tinyl.co/3XwW</a><br/><br/>Dark Sky, Marie Connolly <a href="https://tinyl.co/3XwX">https://tinyl.co/3XwX</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/951/376/776/740/131/original/8755af5d0177ef7b.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/951/377/647/850/189/original/c49c19075c43cdec.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/951/378/306/837/510/original/a5da99fd6dfd6632.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/951/379/083/641/153/original/f1b19de1f8afa708.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-01T03:32:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6rxf2q3skyvz4ykqz8mqn7qen29683fq9cwdhzqny6vhuq2r8rqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6v7rhjs Today&#39;s review, out now Stillwater by Tanya Scott<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3XQm">https://tinyl.co/3XQm</a><br/><br/>Oldish ground, elegantly dug over.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/939/682/733/990/356/original/5758e735f47ffba2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-30T01:53:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs908xv3cxgmrefan3vshvl5c8vngtydwj5fmn3z6acpv5t69hjcmgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms67a6q0w Review of Liar&#39;s Game by Jack Beaumont released tomorrow:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3Wyp">https://tinyl.co/3Wyp</a><br/><br/>The third in The Frenchman series, written by a pseudonymous author with real life experience in French Intelligence this is a modern day espionage series, with all the tradecraft and real-life emotional ups and downs you&#39;d ever want to read about, informed by some frighteningly current threats and plotlines.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/928/818/159/481/626/original/a233b9aa1ca2f681.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-28T03:53:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswqx4cgf3weplez6xyha307v2udk8345mzn9vf3g9sf8dmzxu0h2gzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6x55t7n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8n3ykyvwvuctjwrekwlct3c3m8g4ckzguezkwlt86z72wn0mswgsq7v8gj'>nevent1q…v8gj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s such a great series isn&#39;t it 2025-07-21T11:07:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgtwtj9k9zljfasu94rz4a3gk3akaszs0lm2kjxersdm2fq5wc3lgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6tg77rx Back after a week of downtime in which reading was caught up on, but not enough. Today&#39;s reviews are:<br/><br/>Dead Heat by Peter Cotton (from the missed it when released pile): <a href="https://tinyl.co/3VUx">https://tinyl.co/3VUx</a><br/><br/>and<br/><br/>Carved in Blood by Michael Bennett: <a href="https://tinyl.co/3VUy">https://tinyl.co/3VUy</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/889/534/156/421/311/original/d237e66aff39e2de.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/889/535/410/715/344/original/9a71f9a724d8cc26.png"> <br/> 2025-07-21T05:20:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00fr5qdtml9vge4nnm0wzc87rvndp9l3y53rw463ujywsncy5upczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6w7q4a0 Today&#39;s review - Broke Road by Matthew Spencer, excellent 2nd Rose Riley novel:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3T0g">https://tinyl.co/3T0g</a><br/><br/>Set in the Hunter Valley involving property developers, incomers and locals, corruption, and some very dodgy behaviour - not just murder.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/815/711/966/715/446/original/81f9d44c96036139.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-08T04:29:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswuzqt4rvg99dnydn6shfr8a657w468z7p6xd32j678rdpsgvv82gzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms63wv8df Today&#39;s review - The Forsaken by Matt Rogers:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3Sju">https://tinyl.co/3Sju</a><br/><br/>... thoroughly enjoyable, absolutely engaging, enthralling, extremely violent, over the top thriller with great characters and a core of humanity in amongst the blood, sweat, flying teeth, gunshots, broken bones, flying bodies, falling bodies, tripped over bodies, and corruption. <br/><br/>#Books <br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/809/897/080/071/892/original/68514b29735be231.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-07T03:47:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2w7ulnj8fm9g67nn3qktvqpvtf4x67mq7gqedmy4y459e02hspxgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms682p9qp Today&#39;s review is The Body Next Door by Zane Lovitt who has again tipped expectations sideways and given them a good shake into the bargain:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3SM1">https://tinyl.co/3SM1</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/792/844/582/294/878/original/f628d7e489e28c06.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-04T03:31:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kg38cmpcefw462ksqp2wzpuw0rxm0jhfanswf6uwuuejkku0j7szyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms64vh3dh Latest Reviews:<br/><br/>The Sunbaker, P.A. Thomas <a href="https://tinyl.co/3Rje">https://tinyl.co/3Rje</a><br/><br/>17 Years Later, J.P. Pomare <a href="https://tinyl.co/3Rjf">https://tinyl.co/3Rjf</a><br/><br/>Different but similar in that these two authors can really write a great, engaging, and very twisty tale.<br/><br/>#Books<br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/775/675/147/994/514/original/7035dccda665f06c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/775/675/760/262/378/original/430ba7a7ab66163a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-01T02:45:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsysdg69n57y2anu8pccd7z9d7fntfxud3mtc3s2rtfjg5ssjmx9sgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6pssjzt Latest where we&#39;re at on AustCrime:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-30th-june-2025">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-30th-june-2025</a><br/><br/>Quite a bit going on with some review catching up, a lot of reading catching up and way too many new books to get the piles down to non-life-threatening levels.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-30T05:17:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8c4rzdup8hewm2na66zp0wx6kqw0nctkm8rwh9drsywg4utwspszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6qhmn08 Two reviews from this week:<br/><br/>Hell&#39;s Bells by Jill Johnson, 2nd Prof. Eustacia Rose novel: <a href="https://tinyl.co/3QzA">https://tinyl.co/3QzA</a><br/><br/>The Deadly Dispute, Amanda Hampson 3rd Tea Ladies Mystery: <a href="https://tinyl.co/3QzD">https://tinyl.co/3QzD</a><br/><br/>Different female lead viewpoints, both really enjoyable.<br/><br/>#Books <br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/747/414/344/473/218/original/773b270945589a8c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/747/420/271/444/860/original/a662d5d3642c83ba.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-26T02:58:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2p9xudzln32wcfqdcjjypygrmvk5300ysjgcjk2dcrjmz994gr2gzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6k0uvfj Review today: Eden, Mark Brandi<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3Qn3">https://tinyl.co/3Qn3</a><br/><br/>Mark Brandi has always been a writer of great male characters, from Ben &amp; Fab in his standout debut WIMMERA, to Jimmy in SOUTHERN AURORA, Anton &amp; Steve in THE RIP &amp; Jacob in THE OTHERS, they are very real people. <br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/742/449/263/326/817/original/d97eb1732437230f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-25T05:54:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsran6hpgl33jptjg25dqnwxv6mxmvsh3qcm6g8lwm0skuyklxdakqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms658v6nc Today&#39;s review - Gaslight by Femi Kayode<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3PVm">https://tinyl.co/3PVm</a><br/><br/>Steeped in a sense of place and people that&#39;s seen through the eyes of an outsider who, for all the world, should be an insider.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/701/705/108/262/744/original/a3d3905a9f57c217.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-18T01:12:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5d5v5pujwa6gqmek6mpjh356v9w7df8nav6p24jz3pyzjgwpexgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6jwlmp3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsts5thqhavlswhu86c2vyxvje0snmr842aan53flj5x9tkrw6f8jg0q6pvw'>nevent1q…6pvw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh yes - so so much. 2025-06-16T06:06:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd99up29jldfp7vasrytglzet9kq60gf5rlcfzlq35dcltypdzvfgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6yuzh0z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0arzy6apwzaykk8z3f0jf7h9nd7jzp37z2h7dr629t2nsswc4gnqx5qydx'>nevent1q…qydx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>She may also possibly be more comfortable with her subject matter. It must be a bit odd to be exploring your own family history in this context. 2025-06-16T06:04:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9t9rjwpff6sxpjfr7m5dk7eazwmvagkdjk9tzl79j0veeagf6ygzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6z6a22e Today&#39;s Review - A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao.<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3P7N">https://tinyl.co/3P7N</a><br/><br/>&#34;It&#39;s a privilege to be taken along on the ride that is Nilima Rao&#39;s exploration of her own family background and history in such an engaging manner.&#34;<br/><br/>#Books <br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/690/988/689/627/986/original/e03b6aa68ede8429.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-16T03:49:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs057z73txzzxs523jes2nd454sz7m9ylcwf5d6jkzqcuppgwudtkczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6yclnep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3yslfclj9wjn6kk8gwuv6kv45fn0qc4cwupcgskpqj4ldm2atqsjhkdj0'>nevent1q…kdj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Please let me know what you make of it. I thought it was astounding. 2025-06-15T23:04:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0l4sq2k0zhhcx50ndnevgafe65j40p8tmekvrnc90anzqer0jsgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms677znw2 Today&#39;s review is one in which I absolutely have to acknowledge I don&#39;t have the skill of an author like Becky Manawatu who has now written Kataraina.<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3OK0">https://tinyl.co/3OK0</a><br/><br/>#Books<br/>#YeahNoir <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/662/400/134/079/129/original/b0f0250f3dcd9786.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-11T02:37:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0yzh8wg7079gsex44e6glw0zh054rgyx4tr785cu2mc2t7x49cszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6larsmt Today&#39;s review is Nemesis by Patricia Wolf, the 4th in the Lucas Walker series:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/nemesis-patricia-wolf">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/nemesis-patricia-wolf</a><br/><br/>Would work on some level as a standalone if you&#39;re new to the series, this outing is set in Berlin rather than Walker&#39;s native Australia.<br/><br/>#Books <br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/656/413/169/411/626/original/ca528671cb99492a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-10T01:15:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8e2nqlz5ln4w3hg43qk2czmwqgzxyexaty2rruasq5ze9cu6mq5gzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6nvyzmv My review of Boney Creek by Paula Gleeson:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3Mvo">https://tinyl.co/3Mvo</a> <br/><br/>A YMMV novel which floated around in front of my eyes, never quite fully landing. Maybe the idea that you can get a really good coffee off the beaten track in Australia isn&#39;t such a big thing for a reader living way off the beaten track.<br/><br/>#Books <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#CrimeFiction <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/616/922/380/218/919/original/2a2ebc56ef5079e2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-03T01:50:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxf0xcj2pqqtackstwc2dmvgsltmqn05ae3yz8qrlu7nup3eh8rgqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6gy56q8 Things have been wobbly for the last couple of weeks - holiday / then chaos / now knackered but a project update in an attempt to get the reading queues back under control. Again.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-26th-may-2025">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-26th-may-2025</a><br/><br/>#BooksForKids <br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-26T04:24:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswg2q78amwl2y0gwvm2z4hz7wpaq5mdwc3l2v2yjujnf3jrzycppqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms697lyxc Latest from AusCrime today. I&#39;m behind with everything else &amp; there&#39;s news.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>Book 3 in The Frenchman series by Jack Beaumont out in July, as well as a new Mark Brandi book &amp; an interesting debut from Tanya Scott<br/><br/>#AusCrime<br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-08T03:35:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28yqwchdtejllc4qhz5dwmxay604458r507xc35pgt9v6j5l0whczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms60l64w2 Today&#39;s review is Burning Mountain by Darcy Tindale, 2nd in the Rebecca Giles series<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3GVy">https://tinyl.co/3GVy</a><br/><br/>Rural based crime with a real sense of place, people and the way small communities work (and don&#39;t).<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/419/257/203/908/610/original/cb1dbbefe33ccaa6.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-29T04:02:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrun6u5q78jjyphw935q4vpll9lgw9m8geedral3scrjxkl5ukdygzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6q3j52n The last fortnight on AustCrime <a href="https://tinyl.io/BoNl">https://tinyl.io/BoNl</a><br/><br/>includes some more sad news - Vale Peter Lovesey, some new books and I got to review a great book - Unbury the Dead.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AustCrime<br/><br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-28T01:53:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjhxyc092rwh94r0m5u5qp43wvw2waxclpagxy35sjnmm7eagt2qzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6jx6ekt Today on Newtown Review of Books - my thoughts on Unbury the Dead by Fiona Hardy<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3FGY">https://tinyl.co/3FGY</a><br/><br/>Melbourne author Fiona Hardy has broken very different ground with her crime fiction debut Unbury the Dead.<br/><br/>Disclaimer: volunteered yonks ago with Fiona and I&#39;m so thrilled that she&#39;s written this book, which is really clever (plus it sounds so much like her). <br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/379/323/435/306/882/original/da1e5fb57280fa70.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-22T02:47:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0trz2l87jrmqg7w5q2kwnhhx3sec87uqr6anrhcrz0nnvdrsl7xszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6dvmd2a Last fortnights irregular mention:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/BoNl">https://tinyl.io/BoNl</a><br/><br/>Highlights: new books coming by Patricia Wolf, Margaret Hickey, A.W. Hammond &amp; Nilimao Rao. Great books reviewed - incl Lyrebird, Black Silk and Sympathy and Miss Caroline Bingley.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-11T01:48:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kh6rkkrm5n928r3s8f4gssjd6qtld3jzcqlsnr5jmjan5c475pszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6emzfct Today&#39;s review is Black Silk and Sympathy by Deborah Challinor<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3D9t">https://tinyl.co/3D9t</a><br/><br/>Tatty Crowe is Sydney&#39;s first female undertaker - which took determination and some quick thinking<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#YeahNoir <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/311/857/667/180/292/original/d35e234ab382b35e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-10T04:49:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw42nqjg8l4qnqsjwzpgwaqt2cklg34np4wch3d043xrp5f9glpaqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms64jclxx Today&#39;s review - A Fly Under the Radar by William McCartney:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3Cta">https://tinyl.co/3Cta</a><br/><br/>I laughed until I cried at this one, sly, funny, clever as hell, did I mention sly and funny?<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> a.gup.pe<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/305/501/751/114/043/original/e603252176018a6c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-09T01:53:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszr272kktsrqs37ascmedh7tcm0tcxhqy2r9m4ft6eamxadg5smxczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6lrkllw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstj7j7gu6y0gfnd2tnxwrsdqgltva364lq0myvn3mxwyvve0v3xzgex3dvz'>nevent1q…3dvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know what you mean - we&#39;re part of Central Highlands Library system as well and that drives me nuts. That and the fact that I never know when anything&#39;s going to arrive until it suddenly changes to In Transit or whatever it says. The Borrowbox / Libby app is better in that you get an expected availability date but the catalogue can be very hit and miss. 2025-04-08T07:05:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zfutnrtkwf6f0fde6rr0mvlf2djqn8yrx3e769rr07g59nsk27qzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6c7xdzv Today&#39;s review is for Lyrebird by Jane Caro:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.co/3ChB">https://tinyl.co/3ChB</a><br/><br/>An opening passage that made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, this turned into a couple of sittings read.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/300/990/951/629/181/original/b129e30f8b0d6593.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-08T06:45:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx7mugtvytp0xqq0g6aklcpxy53c76a9443eh04a6kzh7aj69tlygzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6cr4a3s Today&#39;s review - Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner &amp; Sharmini Kumar<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/miss-caroline-bingley-private-detective-kelly-gardiner-sharmini-kumar">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/miss-caroline-bingley-private-detective-kelly-gardiner-sharmini-kumar</a><br/><br/>One for the fans of cosier mysteries, and definitely for those who love Jane Austen&#39;s novels<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/265/466/888/816/947/original/ca0ed5680642194f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-02T00:12:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgrcnap0cfef4eqv0e8gavact2tacxg6rmstmz48wxxd9jsxsu0qqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6r8uxjz Last fortnight on AustCrime includes some amazing highlights but the one I&#39;m going to mention in particular is the arrival today of Kataraina by Becky Manawatu - follow up to the gobsmackingly powerful Auē. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-31T02:34:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zwdl83szrw4xwqkua9cyx7z8tq0nuh9jwrpf0lckpgqj7zlwwuszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6pewcfj Today&#39;s review is Skull River by Pip Fioretti:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/CCpz">https://tinyl.io/CCpz</a><br/><br/>Australian, historical crime fiction featuring returned serviceman Gus Hawkins, and the harsh and dangerous world of the Gold Rush.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/>#Review<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/215/157/579/096/622/original/f82b3049c4c6b9fb.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-24T02:57:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4z8kd57yzu6ctrv20ug4dzuvcq9cws3gkhh64h5hfjh9je6pzzqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6txqjx0 Probably should be taken as read that everything AustCrime is &#34;late&#34; but the last fortnight&#39;s update is very late:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/BoNl">https://tinyl.io/BoNl</a><br/><br/>is very late.<br/><br/>Highlights: all the books added and reviewed. Not a dud amongst what&#39;s a very eclectic and rather pleasing mix.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-17T01:15:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyu5hat6lkme6tnuwptz0tssqmn0xug7fkzu2lh362rpar00spkszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6u2ccj7 Today&#39;s #review is The Private Island by Ali Lowe: <a href="https://tinyl.io/CAlm">https://tinyl.io/CAlm</a><br/><br/>Not for a moment would this reviewer wish to suggest that this is a time in history when the murder of an obnoxious rich person, on a luxury island, busily engaged in being obnoxious and threatening to all and sundry is an enjoyable idea, but it did come across, in this novel, as particularly pleasing. <br/><br/>In a not as uncomfortable as as you&#39;d think way.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/159/355/904/926/674/original/425def9377c7c644.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-14T06:27:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdla0kau9kg4zld2c8ae0cwgap8hl2v6474n9xwr5pewjl2pxv3rgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6fjak9v Today&#39;s #Review is Better Left Dead by Catherine Lea<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/better-left-dead-catherine-lea">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/better-left-dead-catherine-lea</a><br/><br/>&#34;...a good character ... Up to her elbows in work, battling the mess that became her personal life, harassed, vaguely pissed off, peddling hard. &#34;<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/118/948/040/867/620/original/89e39e72c2133bbf.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-07T03:10:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspuhy76u705h99wn7qzqgamhg4mftnn6cjjuq6epnh89v8y8nne5czyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms69kvxm4 #Review posted - this time it&#39;s Humidity by Dan Kaufman:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/humidity-dan-kaufman">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/humidity-dan-kaufman</a><br/><br/>Not for the faint hearted, although there&#39;s a sly sense of humour and astute observation in amongst the violence, sex and mistakes.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/101/604/243/287/334/original/244efc839eb78e04.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-04T01:39:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmv5lw2f5xpakdnsh2yuyse0ed36kgpzmzl0ph5ftk8dny6g6avgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms64muq4f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd3e3n98fsfmzx774a40hy78cycv200ef39cegmp9sdvngns48hrsmlwxly'>nevent1q…wxly</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a great juxtaposition, how are your finding Outrageous Fortunes. She had quite the life 2025-03-03T07:51:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhhwtevsyjqd36kvxzstp3jef4fhhkphcnah23h5p9ndkp54jf5qzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6ewtsdk Review of Nothing but Murders and Bloodshed and Hanging by Mary Fortune has just gone live at:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/nothing-but-murders-and-bloodshed-and-hanging-mary-fortune-edited-lucy-sussex-and-megan-brown">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/nothing-but-murders-and-bloodshed-and-hanging-mary-fortune-edited-lucy-sussex-and-megan-brown</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Review<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/096/582/221/119/853/original/95a796f78bd52ec0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-03T04:21:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0945rkasrs2w9jqqc830t8cy367vda9vp59qlnskle3ruj9r94zqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6cqllak The Monthly Newsletter that went out yesterday was mostly bought to you by an update on the rebuild of AustCrime and a link to the latest reading queue status.<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C7b5">https://tinyl.io/C7b5</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-01T06:27:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjhugx5v7z7lj7xvw2pp6g4x2ynfcmuhl6fjmppmu6glqpf9s7aczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms66wf27x Posted today my #review of The Housemate by Sarah Bailey<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C6jW">https://tinyl.io/C6jW</a><br/><br/>A standalone from the author of the well-known Gemma Woodstock series, THE HOUSEMATE is a story told in two timelines.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/067/482/154/582/703/original/376c0da660e13f81.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-26T01:01:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst3d3wvz4us04u2ukkhr65wcw0gjksaksrd708pgqgyx2sc0snqgqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6hqy06f The last fortnight on AustCrime has been a quieter affair due to a sick sheep and stuff<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-21T01:21:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw72j6kgks4psgrhd0h2ukdf8zn2y05aqes33fu6l5yjuqpcn8regzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms604mwrj Today on AustCrime two exciting new arrivals:<br/><br/>Lyrebird by Jane Caro <a href="https://tinyl.io/C3np">https://tinyl.io/C3np</a> <br/><br/>Unbury the Dead by @fionathehardy.bsky.social <a href="https://tinyl.io/C3nq">https://tinyl.io/C3nq</a><br/><br/>and a review of Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt at @newtownbooks.bsky.social <a href="https://tinyl.io/C3nr">https://tinyl.io/C3nr</a><br/><br/>Quite the day.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/994/437/171/795/752/original/35e09b1a464d122d.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/994/437/778/319/584/original/8a87fc3909b725e0.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/994/438/330/033/561/original/cbc5fefb8ab17aec.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-13T03:27:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnft5c3xwsq9wjc3h9kmqnvjhdz3y9w8ravy9gkmfsw5z3lszqlgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms68srjal Today&#39;s review: The Grapevine by Kate Kemp - really good slow burner and a very clever takedown of the worst of human behaviour, set in the 1970&#39;s, felt uncomfortably prescient:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/the-grapevine-kate-kemp">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/the-grapevine-kate-kemp</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/988/639/277/861/236/original/29f10b6655bce7a5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-12T02:51:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxymwur5l9788e7nr8zc2x49hguyegge498zz0ajzkmgfhrqv60czyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6lxnmxa Two things from today on AustCrime - review of The Reunion is now live <br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C3B1">https://tinyl.io/C3B1</a><br/><br/>and Outrageous Fortunes arrived!<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C3B4">https://tinyl.io/C3B4</a> (am coincidentally dipping into and out of this short story collection at present: <a href="https://tinyl.io/Buij">https://tinyl.io/Buij</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#Memoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/982/955/381/850/729/original/0f394e1b419e9f01.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/982/955/886/756/923/original/c1522d91d5f25560.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-11T02:48:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cppuqdh8g36prajkefs270wu9sa5t334xl9adrv4mmzsa0gafjqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6k49a58 Last fortnight update on AustCrime where the latest highest highlights were the arrival of new books by Pip Fioretti and Matthew Spencer. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#Books<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-07T06:10:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtrrzjky04nzwnvyncsr0wswqgl4jn0l69qq6jg9n0kgzqkmuzgqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6gt4eqa Panic by Catherine Jinks is a timely take on online mobs, conspiracy theorists, and sovereign citizens.<br/><br/><a href="https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/catherine-jinks-panic-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/">https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/catherine-jinks-panic-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/</a><br/><br/>#Review <br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/954/272/294/692/008/original/f60709d74bc8e3cd.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-06T01:10:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdv2we74sdj6uc7d7fnva8as9pqwt6szar2ak9xy62htj74glmvtgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6523d9r Bit late doing this but there&#39;s been a bit on. Highlights - lots of really tempting books added. Lots.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-05T05:42:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4uwtmkg0dt8twre2r82dawcr584qlms5fkxl7d5q435jc6cldgszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6puarxv AustCrime&#39;s TBR is now officially a &#34;project&#34;. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-3rd-february-2025">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-3rd-february-2025</a><br/><br/>#Books <br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#YeahNoir <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-03T03:56:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2vr5lr2pyjmkd94s7mexkjm3gyrzxe3r0t2eh5z2tmyd2r65qm6szyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6mt44cj My review of Return to Blood by Michael Bennett whose style in these novels (the third, CARVED IN BLOOD due out mid 2025) is a combination of investigation of crime, interwoven with cultural and community implications.<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C0K5">https://tinyl.io/C0K5</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#YeahNoir <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/921/662/942/466/666/original/feed720dbbce6d9f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-31T07:02:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxrljwcqvv3v0t8cv088szh23gg7r3uw0ch35pggk3cw3xznujm2czyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms68wpxuz My review of Home Truths by Charity Norman, another sensitive exploration of secrets, family, grief and, in this case, exploitation and conspiracy theorists.<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C0Ha">https://tinyl.io/C0Ha</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#YeahNoir <br/>#books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/920/179/951/432/278/original/6643f88c5aaa703f.png"> <br/> 2025-01-31T00:41:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzaxm6cmsux6c4ztp9nr8ks554p4mq3rmmcl7nywg9pf0w6xt06qzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6nfr5yn Yesterday&#39;s newsletter was mostly about the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Awards. For the current reading list and some flashbacks to the last couple of years:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/C04b">https://tinyl.io/C04b</a><br/><br/>#YeahNoir <br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-30T03:25:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgt2463xgne2ah3rga2ejt7lqs26qfcyp9cpwk4zq3kfg7w967upgzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6qrvam8 Review of Everywhere We Look by Martine Kropkowski was published today at Newtown Review of Books<br/><br/><a href="https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/martine-kropkowski-everywhere-we-look-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/">https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/martine-kropkowski-everywhere-we-look-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/</a><br/><br/>Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/904/285/601/884/886/original/77415e897ac8b80d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-28T05:18:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdx8dy086cp68y8969cc20hzh8wk7amn4vvxyzht5j4evlnrkzhszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6qh095h Finished this last night. It&#39;s too hot to sleep needless to say.<br/><br/>tinyl.io/Bti6<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/897/474/098/198/418/original/c6b5be26c23d2e1c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-27T00:25:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnfyaxv999rgxpg463tmk8fnlslq98345wmmzysnl8gvehthhf3qzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6w9wep5 Long weekend here, so hoping to get some reading catch up done.<br/><br/>Just finished The Housemate, Sarah Bailey <a href="https://tinyl.io/BzFL">https://tinyl.io/BzFL</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-26T02:02:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxkq2vensf4facktvjgcnukuxjskk0gwmlhn2kyd70y6nsh93e67gzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms67fhe5g The last fortnight on Austcrime:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/BoNl">https://tinyl.io/BoNl</a><br/><br/>Highlights - new Zane Lovitt book The Body Next Door &amp; I&#39;ve started putting together my 2025 Ngaio Marsh longlisting entries - there will some great reads in that (more when it&#39;s a bit more formed!)<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-24T06:03:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgukcdep6hhm5uglxnsrxrseh6qt6kfjms5c98pw89q6rufazdrzszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6ryadj5 Reviewed - An Ethical Guide to Murder, Jenny Morris<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/ByCJ">https://tinyl.io/ByCJ</a><br/><br/>Somewhere between fantasy, science fiction and crime fiction, with a nod to family tragedy, chicklit style girls out of control, the ups and downs of long term friendships, romance and relationship tensions, there will need to be a sub-category that AN ETHICAL GUIDE TO MURDER will slot into.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/864/922/864/167/153/original/ec4f9d478c1fb3bf.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-21T06:28:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88ed4yn5aygr4cuy4z8nyexg0grzjt2zr9u4pegnr70ljdzuj5rszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6f67r22 Reviewed - A Case of Matricide, Graeme Macrae Burnet<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/By8P">https://tinyl.io/By8P</a><br/><br/>Burnet has a writing style that elegantly combines wry humour with detailed observational elements that never become overblown, blurring boundaries between characters and the reader, all whilst having a good rummage around in the darkest recesses of people&#39;s minds.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#Books <br/>#Review <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/863/423/274/478/893/original/6cac7d8115f6cdd2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-21T00:06:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzfrjwwz0f73ccvtv2uvdxgt9y5snzdla5a0caahwey4ma4hs98szyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6550ut3 Reviewed: Murder in Punch Lane, Jane Sullivan<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/By7z">https://tinyl.io/By7z</a><br/><br/>In Melbourne, in 1868, theatre star Marie St Denis dies in the arms of her best friend, up and coming actress, Lola Sanchez. The accepted cause of death is suicide by laudanum overdose, something that Sanchez refuses to believe. <br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/863/292/278/122/147/original/d9dd8b8cc015b286.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T23:32:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgypga06vk6g5elmecs9yuxzgeyu28awqy764a6qy5zcwfczptsszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms60q3kse Reviewed: The Little Sparrow Murders, Seishi Yokomizo<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/Bxw6">https://tinyl.io/Bxw6</a><br/><br/>Reflective, cleverly constructed, and reliant on interaction and observation, THE LITTLE SPARROW MURDERS in audio was an excellent way to learn something sobering, and oddly soothing, about human nature. Seems small villages and family grievances are pretty much the same the world over.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#Japan <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/858/516/423/613/020/original/3b9bcd3caf9f22da.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T03:18:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz42nc347mga50tdkleaysgg58p840g942lkxhtxlzuqtc6u5nnmczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6u649wm Reviewed The Hitchhiker, Gabriel Bergmoser<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/BxvT">https://tinyl.io/BxvT</a><br/><br/>Fans of the Bee Gees might find themselves with psychological issues post reading ... I&#39;m not sure I&#39;ll hear the particular track at the centre of the action here without a slight twitch ever again...<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/858/289/376/436/869/original/6bc8d3e98d1e233b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T02:22:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqlv2nnuz4np64r9m4tup3zcx460csx6rc0s7u8ujfup72djmtkyszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms685txgn Reviewed - A Killer Harvest, Paul Cleave:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/BxvS">https://tinyl.io/BxvS</a><br/><br/>Fans of dark crime fiction should be welded onto Paul Cleave&#39;s work like they&#39;ve been stitched there. ... &amp; ... after all these years, frightening the hell out of me.<br/><br/>#Books<br/>#YeahNoir<br/>#CrimeFiction<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/858/274/911/423/536/original/f05e6910605f367f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T02:18:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2tmus8wusqcyktcrfeake3eleusyxwmh8zxh3t9czfzq68xd97uczyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6p9uxyx From the Just Finished pile: Panic by Catherine Jinks. Am Reading pile Three Boys Gone by Mark Smith. Next Up pile Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt<br/><br/>#Books<br/>#AusCrime<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/852/322/967/171/719/original/7a8af8fa608aac93.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/852/323/651/015/424/original/130fabb3865e254b.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/852/324/303/590/689/original/0017c0f1abf26f48.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-19T01:06:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0ul979jfuu0vff9lh3nsjvqcp6zkj65sjwgyhdcgu9klwe3dlwqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6t4xx9d The last fortnight on AustCrime:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>Highlights were The Hitchhiker, A Case of Matricide &amp; An Ethical Guide to Murder. Currently Reading Panic, Nothing But Murders &amp; Bloodshed &amp; Hanging and everything added to the queues.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-18T09:34:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqqj249r0tj892c3a9vk0d60fpheqx0nq8w3ex3shqkqp49zsefszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6yhd4mw The first update on project &#34;Keep The Reading Queue under Control&#34; for 2025:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-mid-january-2025">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/project-status-report-mid-january-2025</a><br/><br/>A list of books upcoming and an approximate order they will be tackled in.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#YeahNoir <br/>#books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-15T02:43:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9jx4dkmnsk83sakr7pkevzyp95yrxxtskngj9mc403km5tfc0q6szyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6pp5rtz The last fortnight on AustCrime:<br/><br/><a href="https://tinyl.io/BoNl">https://tinyl.io/BoNl</a><br/><br/>Highlights were finally getting The Detective Up Late and starting to read Return to Blood (the 3rd is out soon). There are some excellent books in the queue, with Panic and Nothing But Murders and Bloodshed etc, &amp; Miss Caroline Bingley in the next up queue.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#YeahNoir <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-10T03:38:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8pz4960hsr07alq8fqyyahwakp8eqq7mrzskzjgjmy70sgj5dsnszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6wljruw First full day &#34;back&#34; after a lot of sitting around mostly watching for bushfires, so an update:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/last-fortnight-on-austcrime</a><br/><br/>Highlight was getting books read given the heat, &amp; some very tasty offerings in the books added to the reading queues.<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction<br/>#AusCrime<br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-06T02:23:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfujg2lgag7n77d28n6vndefkxl2c4pn5d0a860f7w2lh47paaxwszyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6a0en5r Due out 11th Feb from Verse Chorus Press, edited by Lucy Sussex &amp; Megan Brown - a collection of Mary Fortune&#39;s short stories, entitled NOTHING BUT MURDERS AND BLOODSHED AND HANGING.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/nothing-but-murders-and-bloodshed-and-hanging">https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/nothing-but-murders-and-bloodshed-and-hanging</a><br/><br/>For more on just what an important figure Fortune was in Australian Crime writing:<br/><br/><a href="https://victorianfictionresearchguides.org/mary-fortune/">https://victorianfictionresearchguides.org/mary-fortune/</a><br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#AusCrime <br/>#Books <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/778/548/910/492/328/original/576dbf0548744fd9.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-06T00:23:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9z66fuy8ltp4yhmckelt395knzqxq8l4nhyz346medzpge6j9tqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6s8hpsz I love these &#34;celebrate the joy of reading threads&#34; so I&#39;m going to go with a twist of my own, and stick to the #AusCrime / #YeahNoir themes - my fav 20 of these style books in no particular order / no reasons. (12th of 20)<br/><br/>#CrimeFiction <br/>#auscrime <br/>#books <br/>#BookChallenge<br/>#bookstodon <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/161/956/992/669/635/original/a74bef06e33f104c.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-19T02:58:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyylzsgjav0uad2kqr4ugytprckv3yahxg3u95l8dl4987j2gnx7czyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6mkw8ml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfecqw7gafgryqwwy02ay4e0ncxfr7w38w04khta20dn84ererm7q0l5chs'>nevent1q…5chs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LOL - was just looking at the recipe:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/food/the-cook-up-with-adam-liaw/recipe/salt-and-vinegar-onion-jeon/o8xh2hk01">https://www.sbs.com.au/food/the-cook-up-with-adam-liaw/recipe/salt-and-vinegar-onion-jeon/o8xh2hk01</a> 2024-08-07T06:42:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyn3840x3fkkdpdlvu6qrtt0dk570wh6yskvtn6z5g2n6pulljcqzyrd4hlpl3amde67cwl37rscuvwevj08kpa7qp6jtcqpq4v5altms6yy2jex In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqr59ucw7dsucj6ndx8v9c3cghg5edw4nu0xulwf7hrhkfmhrzushrlr73'>nevent1q…lr73</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Korean onion pancakes and last night&#39;s left over creamed corn soup because I shouldn&#39;t watch TV shows late at night and Adam Liaw shouldn&#39;t make salt and vinegar pancakes. 2024-08-07T06:39:08Z