All posts tagged "Mystery"
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871Books & LiteratureBook Review: Into the Night, by Sarah Bailey
This follow-up to bestselling novel The Dark Lake is an urban police drama set in the grittiness of Melbourne’s inner city, where Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock has made some tough personal choices that see her story relocated from the rural setting of Smithson.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Lost Soul, by Adele Morris
Sondra Carstairs returns to her childhood home on the small Irish island of Anona, the ancient seat of the Keepers, whose forebears built the magical lighthouse that shines with the power of the moon. There, she discovers she is needed to take over the mantle of the Keepers.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero
A parody of the highest order when the adult members of the former Blyton Summer Detective Club reband after 13 years and learn that their last case didn’t end very well. Perhaps more truthfully, it didn’t end at all.
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955Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Honey Farm, by Harriet Alida Lye
An isolated honey farm is offer as an artists’ colony with free board and ‘life experience’ in exchange for a summer of hard labour but the idyllic summer is soon plagued by ominous events.
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742Books & LiteratureBook Review: Don’t Believe It, by Charlie Donlea
An investigative reporter creates a 'live' documentary, revealing what she finds as she finds it when she attempts to uncover the truth of a 10-year old murder.
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938Books & LiteratureBook Review: The French Girl, by Lexie Elliott
Ten years ago, six Oxford University friends spend a summer vacation together but it ended in tragedy when the girl next door disappeared. Now her body has been found.
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963Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Keys to the Kingdom Book 3: Drowned Wednesday, by Garth Nix
Pirates, monsters, missing friends and tales of the high seas continue the complicated and bizarre life of Arthur Penhaligon when a hospital room fills with water, turning into the menacing Border Sea complete with sailing ships...
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Keys to the Kingdom Book 2: Grim Tuesday, by Garth Nix
Arthur Penhaligon thinks that he has escaped the perils of the other realm and the House, but a call from Dame Primus sends him back to save his family and his world as the villainous Grim Tuesday finds a way to take control of the Lower house.
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2.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Keys to the Kingdom Book 1: Mister Monday, by Garth Nix
In his first days at a new school, Arthur Penhaligon is given a magical clock hand, setting him on a surreal adventure and bringing the appearance of the villainous Mister Monday and his henchmen.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: One, by Andrew Hutchinson
A nameless protagonist returns to work after a workplace accident, detached and alienated from everyone. When he finds a woman asleep in his driveway one night, he offers her a lift home which turns into a road trip where all is not as it seems.
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886Books & LiteratureBook Review: Don’t Wake Up, by Liz Lawler
Dr Alex Taylor wakes up on an operating table and is threatened by an unknown man. When she reawakens later, no one believes her story.
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788Books & LiteratureBook Review: Last Stop Tokyo, by James Buckler
A psychological thriller set in 21st century Japan where Alex has run to but he will soon find out there is no escaping the past. Rock bottom can get worse.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: All Aboard the Discovery Express, by Emily Hawkins & Tom Adams
Aboard the Discovery Express, discovering the history of transportation through interactive lift-up flaps and wonderful illustrations.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Origin, by Dan Brown
The 5th book in the Robert Langdon series has him chasing a series of hidden clues for a scientific discovery that may question the very existence of mankind.
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867EntertainmentFilm Review: Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a generally fine adaptation of one of Christie’s most famous works, directed by, and starring as Hercule Poirot, Kenneth Branagh.
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800Books & LiteratureRecommended Reading – Our Spring Collection!
Need a good book or audiobook? Glam Adelaide's book review team have put together a list of some of their top recommendations to laze away the warmer weather.
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773EntertainmentFilm Review: Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a welcome addition to the Saw family and for any horror devotee, does not disappoint.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Just Another Week in Suburbia, by Les Zig
A week in the life of Casper, a non-offensive school teacher in contemporary Australia who finds a condom in his wife's bag, setting off a chain reaction.
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864Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Silent Child, by Sarah A Denzil
Audbile's Thriller of the Year. A woman's life is turned upside down when her son, presumed dead 10 years ago, returns, having been held captive all this time.
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806Books & LiteratureBook Review: Don’t Let Go, by Harlan Coben
The past comes back to haunt a small town cop when an execution-style murder may link back to the death of his brother an a secret high school society.
