When fertilizer is stolen, it’s the last straw, and Matt and Anna have to sell the farm. As the marriage falls apart Matt has to find out wo was behind the theft. This was a well paced romantic suspense story that also explores rural hardships, Vietnam veterans, friendships and marriage breakdown.
One woman discovers her husband has not been where he said he was, and another that her husband might be guilty of something terrible. Set on an island, almost deserted for the winter, these women come together to find out what they don’t know about the men they love. This is a fast-paced novel, full of suspense, twists, and surprising revelations. It’s a very satisfying mystery, and an interesting look at how little we can know those close to us.
Romance and suspense blend in the wonderful setting of the Kimberley region, proving to be a good piece of storytelling. I loved the mistaken impressions the main characters had of each other, with the reader knowing this. The story then slowly builds to a satisfying ending, not all of it predictable.
Australian romantic suspense set in the outback around Alice Springs. The Australian landscape was brought to life in this story and was the best thing about this story. There was a great cast of characters, but the storyline was a bit predictable. An easy, quick read.
Tension steadily builds in this mystery story – what really happened before Alice was found drowned in the pool of the Hamptons holiday house. It is a story of people who are always trying to go one better, to move up the social ladder, to always want more. Suffice to say this does not go well for anyone. A great weekend read.
Australian romantic suspense. Indy goes undercover to a farm stay in Tasmania to investigate Logan, the main suspect in a case of missing women. There is danger, love and family relationships, enough to keep you interested for the whole story. There is a good flow to the story – no need to think real hard about the plotline – just go with the flow.
Aaron Falk left the small, Victorian country town he grew up in, many years ago, and not in happy circumstances. Now, he finds himself there for the funeral of his old friend, who seems to have killed his wife and son, before killing himself. In the middle of a drought, Kiewarra is not a pleasant place to be, but Aaron and the local policeman don’t think the story adds up, and do a little unofficial investigating. This is an atmospheric, fast-paced and suspenseful rural noir novel, and I can understand why it has been so popular.
It’s 1969 and James Bond is sent to a fictional, but clearly based on Nigeria/Biafra, country in Africa, to finish a war. Things do not go according to plan, and Bond decides to take matters into his own hands. There is a lot of smart dressing, a couple of beautiful women, disfigured villains, twists and double twists, and much derring-do, as is to be expected. There is a bit more depth to Bond, than in the films, and it is just as much fun.
I never knew before that this was a novel studied at school, but I can see why. It has the twists and turns, and treachery of an adventure filled spy novel, but it relentlessly dark, bleak even, and so very clever. Alec Leamas, after years of spying in Berlin, wants out, but agrees to one more assignment, which will take him into Communist Germany. It’s about how complicated politics, war, and life itself is; complicated, cruel, seemingly pointless, yet with the glimmer of light – love, kindness and what is deeply right – to strive for. I found it enthralling, powerful, and darkly beautiful.
Cain is on top of The Game, what will he do to keep there? The characters in this story were full of contradictions. A loving kind man could slowly cut off anothers fingers and toes, a kind gentle woman could fling into a rage, it was alright to kill someone with a family but not if it was your family. Told in short chapters that moved the story along, it was interesting to see inside a criminal gang – is all the power and money worth it?
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