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Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones: Derek Landy
Completely disregarding my usual sense of order, I read this, the third book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, without reading the first two. And I must say I don’t think I suffered at all for for it!
Skulduggery Pleasant…
The Rise and Fall of Goodtown: Wagons
Wagons’ new release is confident, dirty and strong as per usual. The incredibly big vocals of Henry Wagon are matched perfectly with the talented sextet of players that play with him.
The Rise and Fall of Goodtown will happily satisfy…
Look Who's Morphing: Tom Cho
This is a playful collection of stories, linked by the unique voice of the central character. The title is a clever play on the 1989 movie Look Who’s Talking, and many stories pay homage to aspects of the 80s…
Christian the Lion: Anthony Bourke and John Rendall
You’ve probably seen the YouTube clip - two friends being reunited with the lion they raised from cubhood until it was too big for their tiny London flat - now you can find out the story behind it in Christian…
Ruby Makes A Friend: Tina Burke
This is such a satisfyingly happy story. In lively, but sensitive illustrations and just enough text Tina Burke captures perfectly the early days of school (or preschool): the comfort of imaginary friends, playground lunches, and best of all, making real…
Maralinga: The Anangu Story
This is a remarkable book, presented through a collage of artwork by Anangu artists, contemporary photographs and a narrative story interspersed with eyewitness accounts. So much more than the story of Maralinga and the testing of atomic weapons here between…
The Shanghai Murders: David Rotenberg
This atmospheric police procedural set in the murky underbelly of modern Shanghai (published more than a decade ago in Rotenberg’s native Canada) gets an Australian release this month. Detective Zhong Fong heads the Special Bureau responsible for difficult and violent…
Deep Water: Peter Corris
Stalwart private eye Cliff Hardy has lost both his partner and his detective licence, and has now been felled by a massive heart attack on a San Diego pier. During his recovery he meets and befriends an expat Australian nurse…
Blood Moon: Garry Disher
A chaplain at an exclusive private school is attacked and left for dead during Schoolies Week on the Mornington Peninsula, at a time when police resources are stretched to the limit. Hal Challis and Ellen Destry dig into his life…
The Owl Service: Alan Garner
This is one of my all-time favourites, and don’t let the fact that it was first published in 1967 put you off! It’s still available in paperback with a very nice new glittery cover.
The Owl Service takes an old…
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