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Support system for many dogs, cats, alpacas, chooks, ducks, peacocks, pigs, goats & sheep. Permaculture adherent, gin aficionado, whiskey drinker, long time coeliac foodie, unrepentant old leftie.

Dja Dja Wurrung land in North Central Victoria, Australia.

Reads a bit of crime fiction, works in #iso27001

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NRB readers' favourite reviews of 2023 - The Newtown Review of Books

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/nrb-readers-favourite-reviews-of-2023/#more-21947

> Which of our reviews did you enjoy the most in 2023? We've checked the stats and the results are in: here are our top 10 reviews of the year.

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New on the reading stacks a new author / book combo from NZ:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/better-class-criminal

A Better Class of Criminal, When You're The Good Bad Guy by Cristian Kelly





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My review of Hyland Creek by Adrian Hyland, the 3rd Jesse Redpath novel has now been published at Newtown Review of Books:

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/adrian-hyland-the-wiregrass-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

"The much anticipated follow-up to Canticle Creek, The Wiregrass is set in the temperate rainforest area of Victoria in the fictional town of Satellite."

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The master of Australian crime writing is back with a standalone novel this time - Sanctuary by Garry Disher:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/sanctuary

"Grace is a thief- a good one. She was taught by experts and she's been practising since she was a kid."





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Since finishing the 2nd in the Zoe Mayer series I've been twiddling my thumbs, impatiently waiting for the next and here it is. The Good Dog by Simon Rowell -- out in January 2024.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/good-dog

"After gunshots echo through the summer night on Mount Macedon, Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer and her loyal service dog Harry race to the summit at first light."





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My Review of Exit .45 by Ben Sanders has just been published at:

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/ben-sanders-exit-45-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

When Marshall Grade agrees to meet his former NYPD colleague Ray Vialoux, he does not expect Ray to end up dead on the floor of a New York restaurant.







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Review of Suburban True Crime by Emily Webb just posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/suburban-true-crime-emily-webb

The collection of cases covered by Emily Webb's SUBURBAN TRUE CRIME go back to the 1940's, through to more recent times, covering a wide range of different murders and disappearances that have occurred in Australian suburban locations.






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Another new onto - Kill Your Husbands by Jack Heath.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/kill-your-husbands

Three couples, friends since the university athletics team, travel to a house in the mountains for an unplugged weekend of drinking and bushwalking. No internet, no phones, no stress. On the first night, the topic of partner-swapping comes up. It's a joke - at first.




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Latest onto is Paradise by Patricia Wolf, the 2nd DS Walker thriller.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/paradise

As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer's a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe sparkling surf beaches, sunny days lead to wild nights, and criminals and bikie gangs mingle with tourists and dignitaries at five star hotels, clubs and casinos.





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New book on the piles this morning - the 5th in the Fiji Island Mysteries, perfect for those that like a lot of enticing food mentions, and a gentler approach to their crime fiction, Death off Camera by B.M. Allsopp

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/death-camera

A TV reality hit. Players dying to win. Can Inspector Joe Horseman penetrate a fantasy world to stop a killer?




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My review of Bryan Brown's first full length crime novel - The Drowning has been posted at Newtown Review of Books:

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/bryan-brown-the-drowning-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

"Actor and Australian icon Bryan Brown brings his laconic style to his first full-length crime novel."






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Review of Offline by Anne Holt has just been published at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/offline-anne-holt

A long time overdue to read this from the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction - who certainly knows how to produce well written, atmospheric character driven crime fiction which tackles important questions along the way.






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Proof positive that good things come to those who wait, the 10 years between books is over and THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST is out. Cannot wait to read this.

https://tinyurl.com/56mjy4nt

"If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide - and when to shoot."





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Recently arrived on the review stacks, this debut:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/deep-forest

Deep in the Forest by Erina Reddan

Charli Trenthan plans to leave her hometown of Stone Lake. But when she receives a cryptic message from a member of the Sanctuary, a conservative closed community nestled in the forest, she is determined to find answers.







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My review of Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath has just been posted at Newtown Review of Books:

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/tom-baragwanath-paper-cage-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

A finalist in the Ngaio Awards for Best First Crime Novel, Paper Cage is the story of a divided community and a string of missing children.

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New onto is Everyone On This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/everyone-train-suspect

"When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out."







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Review of second novel, Curses and Cousins, in the witchy series for Children from New Zealand author Helen Vivienne Fletcher

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/curses-and-cousins-helen-vivienne-fletcher






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Recently finished reading Flawed Hero by Chris Masters - the story behind the case against Ben Roberts-Smith VC. This is one of two books on the recent defamation trial bought by BRS against various parties including Masters, and fellow journalist Nick McKenzie (his book on the same case is Crossing the Line).

https://bookwyrm.social/book/1432873/s/flawed-hero





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This morning on Newtown Review of Books, my review of The Doctor's Wife by Fiona Sussman (another stellar entrant in this year's Ngaio Marsh Awards):

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/fiona-sussman-the-doctors-wife-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/#more-21671

Fiona Sussman’s fifth novel pieces together a suspicious death, a fatal illness and erratic behaviour within a group of lifelong friends.

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The book we read for our monthly f2fbookclub gathering last month was The Promise by Damon Galgut.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/promise-damon-galgut

As one participant in yesterday's discussion put it - the story of a crumbling family, in a crumbling society, The Promise tells the tale, in particular, of three siblings, Anton, Astrid and Amor, their parents and extended family, against the backdrop of the ending of apartheid in South Africa.





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Just posted some brief thoughts on Life by Keith Richards - which I had expected to find interesting (as a fan of the band), but ended up finding fascinating, and turning into an admirer of the man (and not just because he's amazingly still alive!)

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/life-keith-richards





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Newtown Review of Books have just published my latest on Remember Me by Charity Norman

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/charity-norman-remember-me-reviewed-by-karen-chisholm/

A dementia diagnosis reveals clues to a decades-old mystery in this new novel from the author of The Secrets of Strangers – Charity Norman’s third to be shortlisted for NZ’s Ngaio Marsh Awards.

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Number 7 in the Karen Pirie series by current day Queen of Crime Fiction - Val McDermid, Past Lying is due out around the 12th October.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/past-lying

Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.




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Another new entry to MtTBR - I Am Already Dead by David Whish-Wilson

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/i-am-already-dead

Trainee private investigator Lee Southern finds himself drawn into a web of danger and deceit as he investigates a series of bribery attempts targeting a wealthy entrepreneur. Under the expert tutelage of retiring PI Frank Swann, Lee uses all of his developing skills, instincts and cunning to get to the heart of a sordid mystery.





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Another new onto MtTBR, Pine Creek by Kamille Roach:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/pine-creek

On a bitter winter’s night in Pine Creek, 1989, central New South Wales, 14-year-old city boy Alec tells his mother a secret before he goes to bed. It’s the last time she will see him alive.





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New on MtTBR Summer of Blood by Dave Warner

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/summer-blood

Two Australian police officers travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1967 in search of a missing young man, only to find themselves fully immersed in the world of music, free love, drugs and hippie counterculture. They soon realise this isn' t just any ordinary missing person investigation.





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To be released at the end of October, 2023 Australian Actor Bryan Brown has his first full length thriller novel, The Drowning coming out (his first foray into crime fiction was a collection of short stories).

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/drowning-1

The body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach of a sleepy northern New South Wales town. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble . . . at least, that's what it looks like.





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Finished reading You Called an Ambulance for What? recently:

https://bookwyrm.social/book/1407513/s/you-called-an-ambulance-for-what

"Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be an adult man with a blocked nose. Far from beginner's luck, this turns out to be an omen for the rest of his paramedic career."




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Hats off to anybody who can work in ER's or similar, I don't now how they do it....

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Couple of bookclub gatherings ago, we read Devotion by Hannah Kent. Amazing experience.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/435971/review#reviews

Everything in this story is leading somewhere amazing. It's emotional, beautiful, touching, surprising and so incredibly moving. Sniffed, snuffled and out and out cried my way through the last part of this book.




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My Review of Echo Lake by Joan Sauers has just been posted at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/echo-lake-joan-sauers

"There were times in this novel where I was absolutely enthralled, and then there were times I wanted to pitch the blasted thing against a wall. "








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Just finished reading It's Our Country, Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform, edited by Megan Davis & Marcia Langton

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29853679-it-s-our-country

Canvases a wide range of different opinions. Extremely informative, and incredibly useful in the lead up to the Referendum



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Reading this at the moment for our f2f bookclub gathering next month

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54633172-the-promise?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ldBRkBqYCL&rank=1

The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for ...




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A rare, but nonetheless, does happen DNF of Under the Night by Alan Glynn. I've tried to read this book a few times now and I just can't find a connection.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/537538/s/under-the-night

If anybody else has had more success I'd really be interested to hear what they thought.



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Please give me a shout if you do, I'd love to hear a bit about it.

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This arrived this morning, and I cannot tell you much I've been anticipating it's arrival

Philoxenia: A Seat at My Table by Kon and Sia Karapanagiotidis

Vegetarian and Vegan Greek Kitchen Recipes

https://bookwyrm.social/book/1399527/s/philoxenia-a-seat-at-my-table

Full notes on the bookwyrm entry but suffice to say this is a brilliant book, which I've been looking forward to since I heard from @Kon that it was on the way.




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Another excellent review from Braham Dabscheck on Newtown Review of Books on journalist Chris Masters book on Ben Roberts-Smith and the defamation trial that didn't go as he'd expected.

https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/chris-masters-flawed-hero-truth-lies-and-war-crimes-reviewed-by-braham-dabscheck/

There is another book out from the other journalist involved in the defamation allegations - Nick McKenzie-Smith called Crossing the Line - both of which are lurking on my MtTBR.





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Image of the book cover for Crossing the LIne by Nick McKenzie - with the subtitle The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines by Nick McKenzie "Walkley Award-Winning Investigative journalist". The image is of two pictures of Ben Roberts-Smith. The one at the top left of the book has him in full dress uniform with his medals / citations in full view. His arms are down beside him and he's smiling slightly. The second image to the right centre is of the same man in a blue suit and open necked white shirt. He's looking down to the left, and has a grim look on his face. The background is what appears to be images from a small village hut - but they are very vague and blurred.

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