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Things that happened on AustCrime last week:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-14th-june

Highlights were a most unusual read in Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, getting to review Going Zero by Andrew McCarten and starting in on a couple of excellent books - one part of a series, the other a debut.




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@kcfromaustcrime @bookstodon absolutely loved Birnam Wood

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I thought of your comments about it when I was about half way in :)

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My review of the excellent rural historical crime fiction novel Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/bone-lands-pip-fioretti

1911, on a winter's night in arid New South Wales wool country, mounted trooper Augustus Hawkins discovers the bodies of three young people. They are scions of the richest family in the district...




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Image of the book cover for Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti, with the subtitle "A One-Man Police Station. Three Murders. A Past That Will Not Stay Buried." The image is of a typical rural agricultural scene in the arid areas of Australia. The sky is a menacing dark colour, with touches of orange clouds. The very bottom of the image shows a skeleton , bones white from the sun sitting in bare earth. There's some low, dry looking grass above it, leading to a figure on horseback in the centre, a short scrubby tree to his left, and a small, deserted looking building to the right.
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    @kcfromaustcrime @bookstodon well that’s a definite wanna read from me- excellent review

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    @docdebwood @bookstodon it's very good. I don't think you'll regret it

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    My review of the 4th Reggie da Costa mystery - Lies and Deception by Laraine Stephens:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/lies-and-deception-laraine-stephens

    The 4th novel in the Reggie da Costa series, LIES AND DECEPTION is a nicely twisty tale of the just desserts served up to a serial conman and his accomplices by a determined crime reporter and his ... accomplices.




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    Image of the book cover of Lies and Deception, a reggie da costa mystery by Laraine Stephens. The cover has a background that's red, embossed, with the central image being a tarot card called the Ten of Swords. It is black and white with 10 gold swords sticking out of the back of a stylised figure lying prone on the card image.
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    Last week on AustCrime, including reviews of a couple of different books, and a heap of reading done.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-28th-june



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    Update from AustCrime for last week - bit late. The clusterf**k that is our lives continues.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-21st-june

    Highlights were Death Holds the Key - lovely couple of books by Alexander Thorpe and the latest in the Reggie da Costa Series - Lies and Deception.





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    Stuff happened on AustCrime last week, actual reading, reviews, and new books stacked up....

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-7th-june





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    Update from last week on AustCrime. No reviews sorry, stuff happened. But a bit of reading done. Notably Rosie Batty's Hope.

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-week-ending-31st-may



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    Latest update (3rd to the 17th May) combined because:

    https://www.austcrimefiction.org/blog/updates-3rd-17th-may

    As always some books read, some queued up, and better still a few reviews finally done and dusted.





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