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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 13/10/2026

16 year old Laverne seems to have taken a look at Shirley getting all the attention and decided not on my watch you don't. Diabetes. Insulin injections daily.

One very elderly Aussie terrier sitting on a grey mat looking slightly downward

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 14/09/2026

Keep your fingers crossed for our dearest little 15 year old Shirley. Inoperable bladder cancer. We've got meds to ease the symptoms, and some serious spoiling planned to ease the wait. We've had Laverne & Shirley with us for 6 or so years now. They have made our lives immeasurably better.

A small bright eyed black and tan Australian Terrier looking straight at the camera, she's sitting on a grey bed

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 28/08/2026

We have ourselves a midnight galloper. Ender used to be a 6am galloper but this one... middle of the night it sounds like the house is under attack from a JCB! (All cats / birds in lockdown - reports of non-confirmed bird flu deaths all around now).

A grey and white cat having a nap between the pillows on a bed after a night spent sprinting about the place.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 23/08/2026

After a valiant fight against old age and various ailments, we said goodbye to the last of the sisters on Friday. The one with the white muddy face. Loved you Lillie & Billie who died a couple of years ago. You made us laugh, drove us insane and always kept us on our toes. So quiet now without you.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 11/08/2026

We've reached that point in the week where the Shakespearean insult mug appears

A large mug printed with many Shakespearean insults like thou art a boil and bolting hutch of beastliness and my favourite not so much brain as ear wax

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 10/08/2026

Guess we're not going anywhere today (we weren't going anywhere today) over 120mls since yesterday... Seriously though lots off reports of flooding, fingers crossed everyone is safe And FFS do NOT drive through flood waters.

Screen capture from Vic emergency showing a warning zone around Avoca in Victoria

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 15/07/2026

NAIDOC week and a couple of purchases supply nation certified Native Craft gin from Dharawal which is really nice and a couple of books from ANTAR. Looking forward to Snake Talk, having loved Sand Talk

Two books: Snake Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta and Gigorou by Sasha Kutabah Sarago

Native craft gin with a brightly coloured label including First Nation's motifs

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 10/07/2026

Today's #review is Stay Buried by Jane R. Miles tinyl.co/4i3e "Compelling, gripping, claustrophobic, and creepy as hell, STAY BURIED was a roller coaster of emotion from start to finish." #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for Stay Buried by Jane R. Miles includes the tagline 'the cyclone has passed ... ... the nightmare remains' over an image of an old gravestone that's fuzzy / blurred. It's sitting in a red / dry dusty looking area with something red smeared across the front of the image and a blue / green sky above.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 10/07/2026

It's been cold and foggy this morning, but it's a very rare thing indeed to see all four of them together like this. Must be colder than we thought or the sound of the new cat playing (aka destroying) stuff in the other end of the house is making them wonder what the hell is going on.

Four Australian Terriers cuddling up in the same bed.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 03/07/2026

This little bundle of gorgeous arrived yesterday. She's got some adjusting to do because the terriers are being terriers, so we're taking it slowly. Meet Phryne A stray who was rescued with a litter of kittens, she's possibly a couple of years old. Very cuddly and purry, very discombobulated.

A grey and white cat curled up in the corner of a crate, having some decompression time out from the dogs and other cats.

A grey and white cat sitting up on the top of the cat tree looking down at the photo taker.

A grey cat sitting on top of a cat tree over a sign saying "Naughty Corner". She's staring downwards very sternly (actually at a dog out of shot).

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 30/06/2026

Had to evict some spiders from the gumboots this morning. Forecast said chance of 20mls, we've had 60 and it's still gently raining.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 20/06/2026

Another mildly chilly day so Laverne has her shaved (for the ultrasound recently) tummy as close to the fire as she can get it. The other two ladies after taking the back row and Mambo's having none of it.

The Aussie terriers having a snooze in front of the fire

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 17/06/2026

Last few weeks with Laverne the 16 year old Aussie Terrier has been a "thing". Ulcerated eye which is still an issue / may need an ophthalmologist referral (to Castlemaine) but in checking that, blood tests came back with anaemia and screwy LFT's. Turns out most likely because of pancreatitis. 1/2

An elderly Australian terrier, one ear up / one down, looking towards the camera through eyes that don't see a lot anymore.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 06/06/2026

It's chilly here today, but the spot in front of the fire must be okay. On a positive note we got a good report on Laverne's eye yesterday, and will get the results on her blood tests on Tuesday

There female Australian Terriers snuggled into a bed together

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 21/05/2026

Did my first hour run to pick up the mail. Not a lot of traffic about

A view across flat paddocks with the Pyrenees in the background. Bright Blue Sky and big old gum trees

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 18/05/2026

Well she made it to her 16th birthday, despite numerous attempts at making herself desperately ill. Deaf and nearly blind now, the wheels are wobbling but she's still here. Lovely Laverne, it's been a hell of a too few years with you so far.

An elderly Aussie terrier sitting on a grey rug

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 27/04/2026

Listening to a dire situation unfolding on Mt Arapiles. Awful thing for those people to experience - thinking of the person who is in real trouble there. Thoughts also with the local Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung people.

Screenshot grab from VicEmergency showing a Rescue High Angle at Arapiles - starting out at 11:52AM today, 7 vehicles responding - which includes specialist rescue, HEMS, specialist AV.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 20/03/2026

Two #review entries for the end of the week. Very different books: One True Word, Snæbjörn Arngrímsson tinyl.co/4ROT and Bang!, Taliyah Stone tinyl.co/4ROW #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime #ScandiNoir

The image of the book cover for One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson has the tagline 'Will her lies save her?'. The image is of a very small rocky area sitting up above a field of cracked ice, with an outcrop of land in the background. There is a single figure standing in the middle of the rock.

The image of the book cover for Bang! by Taliyah Stone. The image is a view of a foggy, dark night with a single pole light illuminating the front of a large car.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 16/03/2026

Today's review is for Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe tinyl.co/4QRl Another twist on the terrorism / sovcit / manipulation theme which works as a thriller, a head kicking revenge novel and a family saga. #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe. The image is set at night, on a desert road in the dark, with the lights of a vehicle pointed towards the image of a young woman standing in the middle of the road.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 11/03/2026

Today's review is of the sensationally discomforting The Shark by Emma Styles tinyl.co/4PWe Built on fury, first love and white hot anger this is the story of young women who aren't going to take any bullshit from anyone anymore. #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for The Shark by Emma Styles includes the taglines 'A killer stalking the shoreline.' and 'Two girls in over their heads.'. The image is looking towards land across a slightly wavy sea, with a red central streak reflecting the red and yellow sun on the horizon. The sky is dark and cloudy and there are two dark birds flying across it.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 11/03/2026

He's very useful for seasonal information - when his tail feathers come into full display at the start of summer or when they drop out come Autumn and the end of breeding season. We've got a pair of them. She's quiet and timid. He's loud, pushy & never where he's supposed to be. They are gorgeous :)

A peacock with streaming tail feathers hanging down. He's standing on top of a shed with a gum tree beside him.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 04/03/2026

Dropping in from this technology move that's causing only minor heartache to report that my review of Shellybanks by Louise Milligan has gone live today: tinyl.co/4OFA A recommendation that comes with caveats - it's a confronting story that needs to be hold #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for Shellybanks by Louise Milligan includes the taglines 'A stolen baby, a near-drowning, a family secret that can't be swept away ...' and 'Bestselling author of Pheasants Nest'. The image is of water dripping on top of a shot of rolling waves, with a lighthouse at the top left.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 26/02/2026

Today's review of Left Behind by Martine Kropkowski contains a spoiler so the whole thing is behind a warning. Proceed with caution if you don't want to know a little bit about the twist in the tail. tinyl.co/4Mw4 #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for Left Behind by Martine Kropkowski includes a quote 'An Aussie crime fiction star in the making. Candice Fox'. The image is a view down a beach which is disfigured by tyre tracks. There's a dingo standing just above the water's edge, and black ominous clouds above.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 24/02/2026

Two reviews highlighted today: Dirt Trap by Michael Burge: tinyl.co/4MKb @newtownbooks.bsky.social and The Gambler by J.P. Pomare tinyl.co/4MKc Both very different, connected by their small town setting. Both well worth reading #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime #YeahNoir

The image of the book cover for Dirt Trap by Michael Burge which includes the quotes 'a fearless reckoning. R.W.R. McDonald, author of The Nancys' and 'classic rural noir but with diverse characters ... what a breath of fresh air. Gabrielle Chan, author of Rusted Off'.

The image is red sundrenched silos, with shaded dark lines and bottom third. They stand against a blue sky. There's the image of somebody standing on top of the closest silo, again, his image picked out in red so the whole cover conveys a feeling of heat.

The image of the book cover for The Gambler by J.P. Pomare includes the tagline 'A Vince Reid PI Thriller" and a series of quotes (in praise of 17 Years Later). The image has the figure of a man running up a road which is glowing with lights, and edged with yellowing, red and green foliage.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 23/02/2026

Today's highlighted review is Finders Keepers by Natalie Barelli tinyl.co/4M1X Is the best praise you can have for a book the immediate seeking out of the author's back catalogue? #BookSky ⚡📚 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for Finders Keepers by Natalie Barelli includes the quote 'You don't want to miss this one! - #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden' and the tagline under the author's name of 'Bestselling author'.

The image is a crumpled white background (looks like a sheet), on which a red covered book is lying. In the centre of the cover there's a brightly coloured black and blue butterfly.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 20/02/2026

It's Friday and I'm #currentlyreading www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/friday... #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime #YeahNoir

It's Friday and I'm #currently reading with a pile of books underneath

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 11/02/2026

Compelling & informative Non-Fiction from @extraordinarybooks.bsky.social Running Amok by Paul E Mullen tinyl.co/4Jo6 There is much to be learnt from this book [...] About the way that we, as a community, respond in the aftermath, and either feed or quench the potential for more. #BookSky ⚡📚💙

The image of the book cover for Running Amok by Paul E. Mullen with the tagline 'Inside the Mind of the Lone Mass Killer'. The background is a black splash on a red background.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 25/01/2026

This is why I get so shat off with the "rain" in Victoria lies. This dam hasn't been close to full for years. But what we've got is a rainfall deficiency. It's never a sodding drought until it happens in the south of the state.

A very large dam with a puddle of water at the bottom of it.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 23/01/2026

For a change - a short review of Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne. tinyl.co/4FVx Gone too young, astounding he got to the age he did. Thanks for all the fun & music, & thank you for having the good grace and sense to be Ozzy Osbourne regardless of what anybody said / thought / did. #BookSky ⚡📚💙

The image of the book cover for Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne. The background is black with a large head and shoulders photo of Ozzy sitting slightly to the side. He is in full makeup with his ringed hands held up, fingernails painted black. He's wearing black with a red satin lapel and the hint of a heavy gold chain. His eyes are wide open.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 21/01/2026

Bit cooler today so down to Ballarat for more hose and a new fire pump so they all start the same way. Not before medication and feed rounds (this is just the inside lots. We've still got to prep all the outside animal meds!)

A line up of tablets, bottles, syringes and disguises / treats for the dogs and cat

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 21/01/2026

My #review of the impossible not to snort with laughter 2nd book in the series: My Inner Child Wants to Murder Mindfully: tinyl.co/4Ev5 If it all sounds a bit crazy, it is. Bit violent, yep. More than a bit strange, often. Worth every moment of reading time. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 20/01/2026

Sometimes I read things that make me think why am I reading this. A rare DNF: tinyl.co/4EbL In this introduction, after being unexpectedly ousted from MI6, he finds himself back in his quiet, very English hometown of Wickstone-on-Water, a bit lost and directionless. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction

The image of the book cover for Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan has an orange background with a large white Q in the bottom middle, the silhouette of man and dog standing at the bottom. There is a tagline - 'Q is out of MI6 ... and in over his head.' and a quotation 'An entertaining mash-up of Fleming, Le Carre and the best of British detective fiction. Charlie Higson'

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 14/01/2026

Another from the Xmas / NY period - 3rd novel in this excellent #yeahnoir series: Franz Josef, Alan Carter tinyl.co/4D2M ... a police procedural that uses sense of place and great characters as it's starting point ... ' #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for Franz Josef by Alan Carter includes the tagline 'A Detective Nick Chester Novel' and the quote 'Trademark Alan Carter: Appealing characters, convincing police work and bursts of action, with an overlay of international tensions ripped from the headlines. Garry Disher'.

The image is looking across a rugged, red tinged mountain range with a cloudy sky above, rent with large cracks / fissures across it.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 13/01/2026

Second from the Xmas/NY period - different in that it's a debut novel, and it's subject matter was unusual. The Canvas Killings by Elise Janes: tinyl.co/4Cl3 Suspenseful, unreliable narration, gruesome and yet saga like in its execution. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for The Canvas Killings by Elise Janes includes the quote 'A unique crime story full of suspense and misdirection. I totally loved it. Cass Moriarty'.

The image has a white background with black shapes imposed over the top in the form of maybe an abstract painting. There's a splash of red blood on the top left.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 13/01/2026

Didn't get anywhere near the number of books read over Xmas/NY as I'd hoped but what I did was stellar: The Redline, Adrian Hyland tinyl.co/4Cie A book that was pitch perfect for over the festive season reading. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime

The image of the book cover for The Redline by Adrian Hyland includes the tagline 'An open road. A dead cop. A killer in the hills.'

The image looks across a valley surrounded by red light rough mountains in the foreground, across to blue, foggy ranges in the background. There's what looks like a small town in the valley.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 08/01/2026

Well of course the Rainbow radar had shat itself. Again. Every bloody time there's an actual weather pattern it would be handy to monitor...

Radar down message with no useful information about when it's likely to be back

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 17/12/2025

The current read in these parts is not quite what it seems, and yet it's a lot more than you could expect. (I'm really enjoying this). www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/quintu... #AusCrime #CrimeFiction #AmReading #BookSky ⚡📚💙

The image of the book cover for Quintis Huntly: Botany by Royce Leville. The image is yellow with an edging of a few black coloured fronds of leaves. There's a orange sun above a blue stripe to the top of the image, with the cartoon styled silhouette figures of 3 very hip characters standing in the centre. Two women, one holding something round, and another holding a gun, the man in the centre is holding a pad and pen. The image is redolent of beat culture in the way that the figures are dressed, and their cloths.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 04/12/2025

December 3 and the offering was from South Coast Distillery in NSW - Sublime Contemporary. Another classic dry, this time with juniper forward but back notes of citrus and pepper. Right up our alley and onto the "would buy" list.

Sublime Contemporary from South Coast Distillery (NSW) tasting bottle - 30mls, bottled by White Possum. A black bottle with a simple white paper label

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 03/12/2025

December 2 and it was Sangiovese Gin from Naught Distilling. Lovely deep red colour, very sweet taste that overpowered anything else much. Straight to the "wouldn't buy list."

Sangiovese Gin from Naught Distilling tasting bottle - 30mls, bottled by White Possum. A black bottle with a simple white paper label

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 03/12/2025

December 1 and we started with a very nice classic dry gin - Travelling While Standing Still Citrusy, warm notes, straight to the "would buy list"

Travelling While Standing Still tasting bottle - Australian Dry Gin / 30mls, bottled by White Possum. A black bottle with a simple white paper label

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 02/12/2025

It's December and that means #adventcalendar time. Our fav for many years has gone out of business so White Possum alternative obtained. Will post a catch-up on the two first #gin samples

A very stylish Advent calendar with a two storey art Deco style hotel on the front of it

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 02/12/2025

Today's #review is the 6th Fiji Islands Mystery novel - Death of a Diplomat by B.M. Allsopp tinyl.co/432m Perfect excuse to start this engaging series back a few books to get a flavour for who all these people are. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction #AusCrime #YeahNoir

The book cover for Death of a Diplomat by B.M. Allsopp includes the tagline 'Fiji Islands Mysteries 6'.

The image is of a still bay with a sailing ship in full sail heading away from the viewer towards a village on the other side, bathed in bright sunlight. The bottom of the image has beautiful bright pink / purple flowers across it framing the bottom of the view, with a red brown cloudy sky above, and a single seagull flying overhead.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 01/12/2025

Today's #review book is The Mushroom Tapes by Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper. tinyl.co/42ec It's True Crime in that it's about a trial that happened, but it's a lot more than that. #TrueCrime #Australia #BookSky ⚡📚💙

The image of the book cover for The Mushroom Tapes by Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper is a plain green background with the tagline 'Conversations on a triple murder trial'.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 28/11/2025

Needless to say this photo is from a week or so ago because she's not getting out of bed for anybody, and has trust issues now. Oh such major trust issues. Poor darling. What a thing to put an elderly lady through.

One "small" black pig side on - the photo is from a couple of weeks ago because she's not having a bar of us today.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 22/11/2025

One of these is not like the others

3 Aussie terriers and one large ginger cat asleep in a bed together

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 19/11/2025

Some #YeahNoir Reviews today: A House Built on Sand, Tina Shaw: tinyl.co/3zHG Ōkiwi Brown, Cristina Sanders: tinyl.co/3zHH The Mires, Tina Makereti: tinyl.co/3zHJ Different, yet there's something about the threads in all of these that resonates. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction

The book cover for A House Built on Sand by Tina Shaw has a "sticker" on it 'Winner Michael Gifkins Prize' and the quote 'A beautiful story, this tangled yarn of dementia and love - harrowing, haunting and tender. Michelle Elvy, author of The Other Side of Better'

This image is a painting looking down towards a pale green sea washing over yellow and pink tinged sand.

The image of the book cover for Ōkiwi Brown by Cristina Sanders includes the tagline 'From the bestselling author of Mrs Jewell And the Wreck of the General Grant'.

The image is a dark beige background with a series of black "cutouts" around it including a noose, saw, pen, male figure, dog, bird, building / house, whale tail, and a bottle.

The book cover for The Mires by Tina Makereti has the quotes 'a work of art. Laura Jean McKay', 'A truly magnificent novel. Shankari Chandran' and 'poignant, earnest and lyrical, this story will settle in your bones. Maxine Beneba Clarke'

The image has a maroon background with an "inset" in the shape of a face with hair flowing behind. The inset is coloured by water, with a kingfisher type bird flying downwards, a small lizard in its beak. There are reeds and the feeling of movement in the water.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 14/11/2025

The dogs got a new bed, big enough for the 4 of them. Or one grumpy cat.

A very large dog bed with one ginger cat asleep in it on his own.

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 12/11/2025

Today's review is the excellent Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake (who has hidden form in writing excellent novels) tinyl.co/3xNh Told in a brisk, no nonsense tone that is richly interlaced with laconic humour & compelling observation, this delivers. #BookSky ⚡📚💙 #CrimeFiction #YeahNoir

The image of the book cover for Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake includes the quotes 'World-class crime fiction. Craig Sisterson' and 'A cracking crime tale. JP Pomare'.

The image is of a wide blue green river, with small rapids, in a deep rocky gorge with wild bush atop the cliffs.

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