Erich Mayer
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Review: Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves, Pan Macmillan
In the eighth, and final book, in Ann Cleeves’ bestselling Shetland series there are sufficient clues to satisfy those readers…
Review: The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
To glimpse the wonders that underlie our very existence is a rare privilege not granted to previous generations.
Review: The Beginning of Everything by Andrea J Buchanan, Nero
Andrea Buchanan demonstrates that you can survive a very difficult experience and emerge a better person.
Review: The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith
This novel has a fast-moving, entertaining plot that raises some ethical questions.
Review: Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott, Picador
The doings of the central characters in Give Me Your Hand make for good reading, but you would hope never…
Review: Tears for Tarshiha by Olfat Mahmoud, Wild Dingo Press
That Olfat Mahmoud has survived to tell her story is a miracle.
Review: The Eastern Curlew by Harry Saddler
Harry Saddler writes with such contagious enthusiasm that it is impossible not to share his love of birds.
Review: No More Boats by Felicity Castagna, Giramondo Publishing
From the first few pages of this novel the reader is left in no doubt about Castagna's views on Australia's…
Review: Capture or Kill by Tom Marcus, Macmillan Publishers
By choosing to write realistically about a contemporary problem Marcus has posed an important ethical question.
Review: Border Districts by Gerald Murnane, Giramondo Publishing
This novel features the unselfconscious musings of a mildly eccentric man about to enter happily into early old age.