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Sucked In, Shane Maloney19/07/2007 - 3:31pmI happily went out earlier this week and bought a copy of Sucked In and it took me roughly one day to finish it - and that was an unfair delay - I could have sat down and read it in one sitting. Needless to say the 6th book in the Murray Whelan series (for which we've all been waiting an absolute age), lives up to the expectations of the long wait! Murray is older, slightly wiser and just that little bit more cunning. A member of the Upper House of the Victorian Parliament, he and a number of other "pollies" are "doing the rounds" in Country Victoria, when Murray's long ... Read Review |
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Death by Demonstration, Patricia Carlon (review by Helen Lloyd)20/06/2007 - 1:17pmThis book is quite different from Patricia Carlon's usual psychological mysteries, and it is far from her best work. Originally published in 1970, this book shows its age, not just in style but in the plot. The plot had potential, but is let down by boring characters and what I believe was the author's political agenda. What action there is gets bogged down by the long tedious speeches that most of the characters would launch into at every opportunity. Although this was only a short book by today's standards (190 p.), it seemed much longer, and I found myself skimming ... Read Review |