Author Archives: alysonebaker

A Good Winter by Gigi Fenster – 2021

Posted on March 29, 2022 by alysonebaker

It is a good winter for Olga, she has befriended Lara, and is spending most days helping her look after her daughter Sophie, and Sophie’s son Michael. Sophie is experiencing post-natal depression and finding it hard to care for her … Continue reading →

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Unsheltered by Clare Moleta – 2021

Posted on March 27, 2022 by alysonebaker

Mum, look! – the last words Matti had said, and Li hadn’t looked. Had Matti been trying to draw her attention to “A flicker of light or shape of a cloud, a wobbly tooth, a new trick, something small with … Continue reading →

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Folded by Tina Clough – 2021

Posted on March 20, 2022 by alysonebaker

When Mariko Goto is grabbed and held captive in the apartment next door to her own, she drops exquisitely folded messages about her plight out the window. Grace finds the clues, and after talking to her only friend at work, … Continue reading →

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The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney – 2022

Posted on March 15, 2022 by alysonebaker

1975 – a fire rages through a tenement building, killing a woman, her child, and two men. A man is tortured to death and his body dumped in the city. A bomb blast disintegrates a pub and shatters its surroundings. … Continue reading →

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Dying Grass Moon by Andrea Jacka – 2021

Posted on March 8, 2022 by alysonebaker

Dying grass moon is the second Hennessey Reed mystery after One for another. Back in Melancholy, Idaho Territory, in the late 19th century, Hennessey and Marshall Rafael Cooper are estranged but still very much connected. Their community is still trying … Continue reading →

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Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara – 2021

Posted on February 14, 2022 by alysonebaker

Lestari, a tattoo artist, is helping her friend and business partner, Frank, install his latest art installation in Symonds Street Cemetery: a statue of St Michael, which Frank will document as it decays and is defaced through time. Jasper is … Continue reading →

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To the Sea by Nikki Crutchley – 2021

Posted on February 11, 2022 by alysonebaker

A man feels blessed to have survived a disaster. He and his devoted daughter make a new start – moving their family to a beautiful wild seaside property. Starting afresh with new names, they create a world where love of … Continue reading →

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Aljce in Therapy Land by Alice Tawhai – 2021

Posted on February 6, 2022 by alysonebaker

Aljce is excited to be starting a new job at The Therapy Hub, a wrap-around private counselling service, where she will be able to build up the practical counselling hours she needs to complete her qualifications. But instead of the … Continue reading →

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Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly – 2021

Posted on January 22, 2022 by alysonebaker

“I look through all the photos and they’re all really bad – poorly framed, bad lighting, someone about to fall over – like all our family photos are.” Greta & Valdin is about the extended Vladisavljevic family, and, as depicted … Continue reading →

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Nothing to See by Pip Adam – 2020

Posted on January 15, 2022 by alysonebaker

The aftermath of abuse – of alcohol, from the hands of men. The aftermath lasts decades, lasts a lifetime, is slow, is boring. It changes lives, it changes life. It never ends, it colours everything – you must stay vigilant. … Continue reading →

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