Measure of Malice

A sharpened pickax, a full water butt (barrel), a marline-spike, an obscure poison are all used (or maybe not used) for murder with A Measure of Malice in this new collection of British golden and silver-aged mysteries. Fourteen more intriguing, but unfortunately forgotten, tales from famous (Arthur Conan Doyle) andContinue Reading

The Town

Describing himself as “writing a book about the disappearing towns in the Central West region of New South Wales”, the unnamed narrator of The Town states he “was probably not a writer”. This is definitely an unusual way to open a book. Despite not being a writer, the narrator keepsContinue Reading

A Beautiful Crime

Con men, Nick and Clay, plan to sell fake silver to Clay’s rich ex-boyfriend in Venice, Italy in what they hope will be A Beautiful Crime. This book is a slow languid dive into the atmospheric streets and palazzos of Venice. In fact, Venice was so much a part ofContinue Reading