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Karen from AustCrime

kcfromaustcrime@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 10 months ago

Reads a bit of crime fiction. Been reviewing with a focus on Australian and New Zealand works on www.austcrimefiction.org since 2006.

Also @kcfromaustcrime@mastodon.online

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reviewed Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre (Jack Parlabane thriller)

Christopher Brookmyre: Black Widow (2016) 4 stars

There is no perfect marriage. There is no perfect murder. Diana Jager is clever, strong …

Review - Black Widow, Christopher Brookmyre

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Listening to the audio version of this, I'd sort of half expected that the multiple viewpoints might be a bit of a problem to keep track of, but the whole thing chopped and changed, moved around, and worked backwards and forwards through the plot elements really well. It kind of felt like a good investigative thriller "show" being played out in front of the listener. All in all, a bit of a high point in a very highly rated series.

www.austcrimefiction.org/review/black-widow-christopher-brookmyre

Christopher Brookmyre: Want You Gone (2017) 5 stars

What if all your secrets were put online? Sam Morpeth is growing up way too …

Nick McKenzie: Crossing the Line (2023, Hachette Australia) No rating

'There is no doubt the truth would have been concealed and our concerns buried without …

Review - Crossing the Line

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I read Chris Master's book bookwyrm.social/book/1432873/s/flawed-hero (Flawed Hero on the same defamation trial (as per the Federal Court's listing www.fedcourt.gov.au/services/access-to-files-and-transcripts/online-files/ben-roberts-smith):

Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (NSD1485/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v The Age Company Pty Ltd (NSD1486/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd (NSD1487/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v Johnathan Pearlman (NSD1826/2018) Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (NSD1440/2018)trial (Ben Roberts-Smith /

Whilst Master's was a more dispassionate and pointed telling of the trial, Nick McKenzie's take is considerably more personal. The book provided a clear outline of the lengths that all journalists had gone to in establishing the facts, and then it goes into the progression of the defamation action, and the affect it was having, in particular, on McKenzie.

Well worth reading both books on this trial, I'd hung onto this one for a time because we were due to read …