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The Broken River by Chris Hammer

By DeathBecomesHer

23 January, 2025

The parched landscape of the Australian outback has provided a compelling backdrop for many a crime novel in recent years. Think of The Dry by Jane Harper, Gabriel Bergmoser’s The Hunted, or Chris Hammer’s debut, Scrublands. But there’s water aplenty in Hammer’s latest, The Broken…

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The Corpse with the Opal Fingers by Cathy Ace

By Sharon Richardson

29 November, 2023

The Corpse with the Opal Fingers is the 13th book in the Cait Morgan series by Cathy Ace. This series features a globe-trotting duo, Welsh-Canadian professor of criminal psychology, Cait Morgan and her husband, Bud Anderson who is a retired cop. These books are traditional…

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An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter

By DeathBecomesHer

14 June, 2023

Small towns, with their insular attitudes and tight-lipped inhabitants, are a rich hunting ground for crime fiction authors – think City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita, Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth or any Miss Marple mystery. You know the drill… stranger arrives in town, crime…

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When We Fall by Aoife Clifford

By DeathBecomesHer

10 May, 2023

It’s with great reluctance that Alex Tillerson is spending time in the strangely insular Australian coastal town of Merritt – and there are many reasons why she really doesn’t want to be there. For starters, the place brings back unhappy memories of childhood visits to…

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Interview: Ashley Kalagian Blunt

By crimefictionlover

5 April, 2023

Today we introduce you to Ashley Kalagian Blunt – the new voice in Australian crime fiction who writes about Sydney rather than the Outback, and whose debut novel, Dark Mode, is out in April 2023. Snapped up by the Australian publisher Ultimo, Ashley has put…

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Dead Man's Creek by Chris Hammer

By DeathBecomesHer

7 January, 2023

There’s many an Aussie author who has travailed the dusty trails, inhospitable terrain and forgotten towns of the Outback in recent years – Garry Disher, Jane Harper and Chris Hammer, for example. The latter returns to the country’s rural landscape for Dead Man’s Creek, the…

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The Island by Adrian McKinty

By crimefictionlover

19 May, 2022

You know what: avoid islands. A piece of land surrounded by water can only mean chaos and misery. The Island of Dr Moreau. Treasure Island. Love Island. Britain itself is… well… you know. And in his latest standalone thriller, Adrian McKinty creates an island that…

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The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser

By DeathBecomesHer

8 November, 2021

The meek shall inherit the earth, or so it is said. I get the feeling that Maggie has never heard the saying. Meek is the very last word you’d use to describe this cross between Wonder Woman and Mad Max. She’s someone who acts first…

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The Broken River by Chris Hammer

The Corpse with the Opal Fingers by Cathy Ace

An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter

When We Fall by Aoife Clifford

Interview: Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Dead Man's Creek by Chris Hammer

The Island by Adrian McKinty

The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser

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