There's not going to be a lot of posting here over the next few days. Vale Lady Penelope and fingers crossed for the other elderly's experiencing all sorts of health problems.
#JustFinished
Like, ... Read Update
This time the temptations are made up of soon to be, recently released and a few in the way off category.
This update hasn't been happening recently - I've been dealing with a tsunami of elderly animal health challenges which have just chewed up every available waking hour, to say nothing of creating a severe dose of frazzled brain syndrome.
#JustFinished
This time the temptations are made up of soon to be released, quite a way off release, and things I recently lucked upon.
There are SO MANY tempting books around at the moment it's panic inducing in a happy, but equally challenging way - it would be so nice to be able to read / comment on everything but here we are.
Thursday Temptations will be all about highlighting books that have appeared before me that will tempt all sorts of readers - designed to be ... Read Update
Still juggling, still not getting enough books read. Not the worst problem, I've got, but apologies, as always to the authors and publishers wondering why I'm always so far behind!
#JustFinished
I think I'm reading too many books at once - so nothing in the just finished pile in the last week but quite a few in the currently reading which are nearly there.
#CurrentlyReading
... Read Update
Still juggling, still not getting enough books read. What a "dreadful" problem to have.
#JustFinished
The Bookshop Detectives: Tea & Cake & Death by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward (2026 Ngaio's)
The days are definitely shortening now which means the Spring Classics bike racing is in full swing, which means no sleep and a freaked out dog from all the ooing and jumping every time a rider gets into some risky trouble.
#JustFinished
Lucky Thing by Tom Baragwanath (2026 Ngaio's)
... Read Update
This update is bought to you in the aftermath of an Easter break where not enough reading got done. To be honest, not a lot of anything much got done, I started wading through a recently deceased relative's boxes of photos and disappeared down some very nostalgic byways.
#JustFinished
The Girl from Sarajevo by Stef Harris (another from the ... Read Update
This update is bought to you a day early because of the Easter Break which, this year, I hope will be focused on reading, in the spirit of the Norway Easter Crime Tradition. Fingers crossed the weather co-operates and nobody sets fire to anything for a change.
#JustFinished
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#JustFinished
Three Reasons for Revenge by Dervla McTiernan
#CurrentlyReading
What You Don't Know by Sandi Wallace
The Strength of Old Shale by Kirsty Powell (2026 Ngaio's)
# ... Read Update
Still managing to not read enough books. The silver lining of the current fuel price / shortage problems is for us that may mean less callouts to illegal / improperly extinguished fires and a bit of downtime over Easter for ourselves for a change.
#JustFinished
Black Velvet and Vengeance by Deborah Challinor
Bloom ... Read Update
Part life story, part inspirational memoir, BLOOM is life from Mary Fowler's point of view. And it's been quite the ride for such a young, talented woman....
I've reviewed this decidedly not crime fiction book over on my Hardcover account.Read Update
I hope that, because it's Friday the 13th, my current streak of looking vaguely like I'm catching up doesn't end in a screaming heap.
#JustFinished
#CurrentlyReading
Black Velvet and Vengeance by Deborah Challinor (library book so will have to jump the ... Read Update
Took a break over the first week in March so I'll backdate this post but it's not going live until Tuesday the 10th. So the reader need not think they are losing their minds - it's me.
#JustFinished
Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe (where does the time go)
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#CurrentlyReading
#NextUp
Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe (where does the time go)
The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin (2026 Ngaio's submission list & another that's been languishing)
AustCrime Update: end of February - Part 2
Second part of this newsletter - other regions recent arrivals / upcoming releases only. If the first part didn't arrive you can read it online here.
Recent Arrivals / Upcoming Releases (Other Places)
Some snow, some colder climes, some just flat out caught interest.
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AustCrime Update: end of February - Part 1
February 2026 and this is the second newsletter from me this month having sent out the Ngaio's submission list already. Rather than include that very long selection here, you can see it on the site or on Hardcover.app if that's more convenient. (I've moved all activity from Goodreads to Hardcover now).
Coming in two parts again as, even without ... Read Update
A new idea I'm trying out - Friday Updates of the Reading Queue.
#CurrentlyReading
Redbelly Crossing by Candice Fox (pretty well unputdownable)
#NextUp
Old Games by Fiona Hardy (way way too overdue)
The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin (2026 Ngaio's ... Read Update
Newtown Review of Books recently posted their yearly reader's favourites from 2025, and I was particularly pleased to see Fiona Hardy's Unbury the Dead review in the list.
Which is the perfect excuse to remind everyone that the second book in the series - Old Games is due out late February. Add it to your Mt TBR piles.