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| BiP staff review by Leonie |
Murder in the Telephone Exchange
by June Wright
Dec 2013 | Dark Passage | $24.95pb
This is a great discovery by Dark Passage Publishing. First published in 1948, Murder in the Telephone Exchange was a big hit, even out-selling a new Agatha Christie novel. Maggie Byrnes is a telephonist at the Melbourne telephone exchange and is depicted as bright and a bit of a rebel. When an unpopular member of staff is found murdered, Maggie decides to conduct her own investigation, much against the advice of the police. She finds herself in deep trouble. This book is witty and well paced. It shows a different Melbourne in post war Australia. What a pity that June's novels were lost to readers for so many years. I'll certainly be trying to track down some of her books.
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| BiP staff review by Leonie |
Cop Town
by Karin Slaughter
July 2014 | Century | $32.99pb
Atlanta in the mid 1970's was a tough place. Even tougher, was the police force, rife with corruption and misogyny. Kate Murphy, a young Vietnam War widow, has the first day of the job from hell. Even Maggie Lawson, whose uncle and brother are well respected members of the force, is treated with contempt. When the girls become partners, they begin to conduct their own investigation into the killing of several cops, despite being warned not to do so. When Maggie's brother disappears, she and Kate find themselves searching in the dark side of town and in great danger. If you like a fast paced, gritty crime novel, this is for you.
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| BiP staff review by Leonie |
The Silkworm
by Robert Galbraith
June 2014 | Hachette | $32.99pb *BiP Price $27.95
The much anticipated sequel to The Cuckoo's Calling has arrived. Cormoran Strike is back with his assistant Robin. Strike is hired by the wife of a notorious novelist to find her husband. Owen Quine has delivered a vicious poison pen manuscript to his publisher. When he is found by Strike, brutally murdered, the search is on to find whom, of many suspects, is the killer.
The Silkworm is just as intriguing as The Cuckoo's Calling - I'm enjoying it very much.
>>>Read the first two chapers
>>>Read the first two chapers
