Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Beautiful Dead by Kim Hunt – 2020

Posted on May 24, 2021 by alysonebaker

Cal Nyx came to live with her Aunt Zin in rural New South Wales, after an horrendous incident at her home in Aotearoa. She is now an adult, a park ranger living on the property of a farmer friend, and … Continue reading →

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Toto Among the Murderers by Sally J Morgan – 2020

Posted on May 15, 2021 by alysonebaker

Yorkshire in the 1970s, a group of young people have graduated from art college. Most are starting to settle down into further education or jobs. But one of them, Jude Totton – Toto to a select group of friends – … Continue reading →

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Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare – 2020

Posted on May 2, 2021 by alysonebaker

Margot Scott is a psychologist dealing daily with troubled people, she is meticulous in her professional life, has records going back to the beginning of her practice. She is respected and on the lecture circuit. She is comfortable in her … Continue reading →

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City of Vengeance by D.V. Bishop – 2021

Posted on May 1, 2021 by alysonebaker

It is Florence, 1536. Cesare Aldo is an officer of the Otto, a criminal court with its own investigators. Aldo has secrets, and Florence runs on the trading of secrets. Aldo ends up investigating the murder of a moneylender Samuele … Continue reading →

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