Clik here to view.
Book review: A Beautiful Place to Die
Malla Nunn’s 2008 book A Beautiful Place to Die has been on my reading list for ages. It’s great. Pretty much as damn near perfect a first crime novel as I’ve find. The book’s strengths – fantastic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SheKilda and women’s crime writing in Australia
It’s when someone asks you to contribute a blog post on the state of female crime writing in Australia from the point of someone watching the industry, that you realise you just don’t read enough. Not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book review: Dust Devils
You can bet crime writer Roger Smith is not on the Christmas card list of the South African Tourist Board. His third novel, Dust Devils, is one of the most violent and blistering crime novels I’ve read...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book review: Silent Valley
International crime fiction sometimes feels like a contest between the Scandinavians and the Irish. If so, the South Africans are closing ground on both of them. Think of writers like Margie Orford,...
View Article
