Submitted by Karen on
This is a true crime book, so mucking around with Ted is probably not that appropriate. It's based around the child sex abuse scandal that broke on Pitcairn Island in 2000.
The blurb of the book describes it best:
"Pitcairn Island, remote and wild, home to descendents of the Bounty, a South Pacific Shangri-La, shrouded in myth ....
But also, as the world would discover, a place of sinister secrets.
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Hell's Fire is the 4th book in this Manchester based series. Killing Beasts was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by Shots Magazine and his second novel Pecking Order was selected as a best British crime novel by Deadly Pleasures Magazine.
From the blurb:
The deliberate torching of a church creates outrage across Manchester. And when a charred corpse and satanic symbols are found in the smoking ruins, DI Jon Spicer and the city's Major Incident Team are called in.
First line:
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According to the promotional material that came with this book The Secret Friend is the 5th thriller from Boston based author Chris Mooney.
The blurb:
Two dead girls in the water. Two tiny statues of the Virgin Mary concealed in their clothing. One CSI on the hunt for their killer.
Opening Line:
"Darby McCormick had finished hanging the last of the bloody clothing inside the drying chamber when she heard her name called over the loudspeakers. Leland Pratt, the lab director, wanted to see her inside his office immediately."
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Yes, dear reader, after all that threatening to, and moving the book backwards and forwards, and starting and stopping, I'm reading The Final Murder by Anne Holt. I hate it when I have to wait this long for something as you never know whether the anticipation will ruin the actual reading experience - or if the book doesn't live up to the possible potential. Of course, none of that applies in the case of The Final Murder, which is, so far, absolutely tremendous.
The blurb:
Submitted by Karen on
Unless you've been ignoring my ramblings, you may not be aware of how blown away I was by El Dorado. I doubt it's a book I will forget in a long long time - luckily. I also haven't put it away on the shelves - it sits where I can pick it up occasionally and re-read a little bit. It's a stunningly good book. And himself recently read it - after Dorothy's session at the Crime & Justice Festival, he started reading the book in between sessions, and promptly finished it in the following
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The shortlist for the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards has been announced and there are 14 in total, fiction and non-fiction.
The awards are one of Australia's richest, with the winner of each category receiving $100,000.
Mr Rudd's decision is expected to be announced next month, as he will make the final decision, after advise from a six-member judging panel.
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I like these books in a sneakingly, almost guilty way. They are just pure entertainment - sort of James Bond crossed with a healthy dose of Austin Powers done Clive Cussler style. They are fast paced, totally over the top, too good to be true, pure and utter escapism, silly, funny, slightly daft and not a bad way to fill in a few hours. Mind you, this is the smaller size paperback and it's 558 pages so you'd think you were in for a lifetime's commitment, but they are very quick to read. I do know I've read the next book in the series - Pirate (they go Hawke, Assassin, Pirate in order) a
Submitted by Karen on
Before anyone groans and ducks for cover - we all know that Top 10 lists depends on what second of the day that you pick your Top 10, but Catherine Sampson's list in The Guardian highlights some books that deserve mention - Top 10 or not!
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Last night I started reading The Build Up which is a crime novel from Phillip Gwynne, whose previous books have included Deadly, Unna and Nukkin Ya.
It features Detective Dusty Buchanon - a female cop in the very male world of the Northern Territory Police Force.
From the blurb:
Submitted by Karen on
I think, dear reader, that it might be time I promised to stop explaining I'm running late in posting this - if you'll just take it as a given that I should have done everything a few days ago. Mostly, this time, because I've nearly finished this book. A debut novel which is "blurbed" as 'Ice-cold suspense from Sweden's new Agatha Christie'. Now I'm not 100% sure what that means - but I doubt it will do the book a whole lot of service. Okay, it's a little bit of a closed community because it's snowing and it's a small town, but it's not really. It's certainly not a "no sex please, we'r
