by Dave Bradley | Nov 13, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Terry O’Neill (Hachette Australia) 2019, 256pp, Hardback $49.99 A key photographer of many and varied icons (including various Beatles, Rolling Stones and Royals, as well as his once-wife Faye Dunaway, Judy Garland and even Winston Churchill), O’Neill’s many, many...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 6, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Stephen King (Hachette Australia), 485pp, RRP $32.99, e-Book $14.99. The indefatigable King’s latest is yet another doorstop of a book which, despite a vaguely odd structure and the need (once again) for a bit of an edit, proves another of his scathing social...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 2, 2019 | Books, Reviews
JP Delaney (Hachette Australia) 2019, 435pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback) The pseudonymous Delaney’s next trick after The Girl Before and Believe Me is another twisty psychological thriller, albeit one with lots of thorny themes surrounding the concept of AI (Artificial...
by Dave Bradley | Jul 1, 2019 | Books, Reviews
S.K. Vaughn (Sphere) 2019, 469pp. RRP $32.99 (paperback), $39.99 (hardback), $16.99 (e-Book). This veritable doorstop of a book from Vaughn (a pseudonym for a very successful author and screenwriter) looks and sounds science fictional and indeed is, to a point, but...
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,...