by Dave Bradley | Jul 1, 2019 | Books, Reviews
Clare Mackintosh (Hachette Australia) 2019. 374pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback), $39.99 (hardback). Mackintosh’s popular former books (I Let You Go, I See You, Let Me Lie) are psychodramatic suspense tales, but her latest is a far more emotionally human piece drawn,...
by Dave Bradley | Jul 1, 2019 | Books, Reviews
Adrian McKinty (Hachette Australia) 2019, 357pp, RRP $32.99, eBook $14.99 Written by the prolific McKinty as a deliberate attempt to break into the American literary market (he pretty much admits to it in the ‘Afterword And Acknowledgements’ at the end), this mostly...
by Dave Bradley | May 24, 2019 | Books, Reviews
C.A. Fletcher (Hachette Australia) 2019, 365pp, RRP $32.99 The first book by Scottish author Fletcher is a slightly odd read, mainly because our protagonist Griz is so unreliable and uses a curiously awkward voice that occasionally helps smooth over Fletcher’s own...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 22, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Alex Michaelides (Hachette Australia) 2018, 341pp, paperback RRP $29.99, Ebook RRP $14.99. Praised by Lee Child (creator of Jack Reacher), Stephen Fry and other luminaries on the cover, this first novel by the Cyprus-born Michaelides has an air of authenticity due to...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 22, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Jo Thornely (Hachette Australia) 2018, 292pp, paperback $32.99 Aussie author, journalist, podcaster and cult expert Thornely’s page-turner study could have been grim indeed, but she’s so funny that you can grin and bear some damn scary stuff. And she’s exhaustively...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 8, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Michael Caine (Hachette Australia) 2018, 294pp, RRP $32.99 Sir Michael Caine, one of the most beloved of all actors, has written a volume of autobiography before (2011’s The Elephant To Hollywood), but this is more a nostalgic reminisce about the whole craft of...