Erich Mayer

Erich Mayer is a retired company director and former organic walnut farmer.

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Two panels. On left is author Zoe Kean. She is wearing a brown hat and black top. She has brown hair and is smiling. On the right is the cover of her book, 'Why Are We Like this?' the font is dark pink, the background light green. There are fish swimming across it.
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Book review: Why Are We Like This?, Zoe Kean

This wonderful book offers a super abundance of insights into why we are the way we are.

Two panels. On the left is author Christian White, a Caucasian man in a dark jumper with short cropped brown hair. On the right is the cover of his book with 'The Ledge" in block white font against a cliff face.
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Book review: The Ledge, Christian White

A novel for lovers of challenging mysteries.

The First Friend. Malcolm Knox. Left panel is a Caucasian bald-headed man in glasses smiling at the camera. The right panel shows a Russian bear in a green jacket with hands coming down to cover its eyes and the words The First Friend at the bottom of the cover.
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Book review: The First Friend, Malcolm Knox

A thriller, a satire and an insight into humankind’s inhumanity.

What I Would Do to You. On the left is an author headshot of a smiling Caucasian woman with large leaf-shaped dangly earrings, red lipstick and short red/brown hair with a fringe combed to one side. The book cover on the right has the title in big black letters over images of cut flowers.
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Book review: What I Would Do to You, Georgia Harper

What would you do if faced with the shocking conundrum explored here?

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Book review: Would That Be Funny?, Lorin Clarke

Lorin Clarke reveals much about her brilliant father, warts and all, with honesty and wit.

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Book review: The Terrible Event, David Cohen

Shrewd and powerful observations fuel these tales of ordinary people.

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Book review: Call me Marlowe, Catherine de Saint Phalle

Among many other things, this novel canvasses love, reconciliation and friendship.

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Book review: Home Before Night, JP Pomare

This original thriller begs to be devoured in a single sitting.

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Book review: The Invisible, Peter Papathanasiou

Some momentum is lost to digressive detail in this otherwise entertaining tale.

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Book review: The Bell of the World, Gregory Day

An historical fiction that also reads like a prose poem and a biography.

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