Category Archives: #yeahnoir

The Vanishing Act by Jen Shieff – 2018

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

Art teacher Rosemary Cawley has been exiled to Auckland, New Zealand, due to her upper-class British family not coping with her accidentally-discovered erotic poetry; it is the 1960s – the Vietnam War, toothpick-skewered cheese and gherkins, an almost Victorian-era sex … Continue reading →

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Stall Turns by Penelope Haines – 2018

Posted on February 16, 2019 by

Stall turns is the third in the Claire Hardcastle mystery series and starts with Claire and her detective boyfriend Jack Body having a well-earned break.  They are on their way to help with the Labour Day Weekend sheep muster on … Continue reading →

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Make a Hard Fist by Tina Shaw – 2018

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

Make a hard fist is an extremely powerful YA novel about the physical abuse of young women.  It is edgy, scary and yet empowering. Lizzie Quinn is doing well, well apart from a hiccough in her relationship with a boy … Continue reading →

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Rain Fall by Ella West – 2018

Posted on February 14, 2019 by

Rain fall is set in rain-soaked Westport, amidst mine-closures and the decline in dairy prices.  The town in depressed; the residents trying to make the best of things.  But when 15-year-old Annie misses an important basketball game when her mate’s … Continue reading →

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Call me Evie by J.P. Pomare – 2019

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

“Who is the mad one, me or him?” Male privilege, the dangerous side of social media, childhood trauma, teenage angst and the vagaries of memory, all play a part in this slow-burning thriller. Kate is a seventeen-year-old teenager living with … Continue reading →

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A Greater God by Brian Stoddart – 2018

Posted on January 6, 2019 by

It is 1925 and Superintendent Chris Le Fanu has returned to Madras from the Straits Settlement, fending off multiple job offers while trying to work out who is on a killing spree targeting Muslims, and which romantic relationship to pursue. … Continue reading →

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No One Can Hear You by Nikki Crutchley – 2018

Posted on December 16, 2018 by

Zoe is back in her home town for the funeral of her estranged mother, who has apparently been suffering from memory loss and who has left odd notes around indicating that young women have been disappearing from the town.  It … Continue reading →

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