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Interview: Ashley Kalagian Blunt

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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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Trust by Chris Hammer

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Crime fiction lovers have been treated to many a glimpse of out-of-the-way Australia in recent years. From bushland and outback to dustbowl towns and featureless farmland, we’ve been absorbed by shows like Mystery Road, and when it comes to novels, Chris Hammer has been at…
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The List by Michael Brissenden

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Australia’s terror watch list is getting shorter and shorter. Someone is taking them out one by one. A single shot to the head, professionally done, and their right hands removed post-mortem. Someone on the inside is getting rid of these home-grown jihadis, and doing so…
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Straight Jacket

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Written by Adrian Deans — I’m an advocate of judging a book by its cover. When you’re walking through a bookstore, or even browsing on Amazon, a simple, intriguing cover, a good blurb and a couple of choice quotes can really make a book stand…
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Beams Falling

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PM Newton’s Beams Falling features Sydney detective Nhu ‘Ned’ Kelly who, because of her Vietnamese background, is given responsibility for cleaning up clean up Cabramatta, an outer western suburb that’s home to 10,000 refugees from the Vietnam War. Amongst these new Australians various street gangs…
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Beams Falling

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Written by PM Newton — Beams Falling easily could be labeled a police procedural. It’s an easy mistake to make considering the author spent 13 years in the New South Wales police force, working Drug Enforcement, Sexual Assault and Major Crime in and around Sydney….
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