Maureen Flynn - Author
My brother and I used to attend swimming lessons every Saturday morning. After class, we’d excitedly demand a trip to Sutherland Library (a place which still feels a bit like coming home even with recent changes to library lay-out). Once ensconced in the library, we’d…
NB: This discusses the whole series in detail. There are massive spoilers. You have been warned. I’m not an obsessive Marvel fan. I thought Winter Soldier was really, really good. I thought Iron Man 1 and 2 were kind of subversive and really good fun.…
“Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?” Lemony Snicket Publisher: Put Me In The Story First Published: 2015 RRP: $16 US Regular readers of this blog and my Goodreads account know that I am an enormous Snicket fan. I love the word play…
This piece was originally published last year as part of IfBook Australia’s Open Changes project, but I thought my blog readers might enjoy reading my brief crime piece here. The Hestia My hips wedge against the boat rim. I can taste the roughness of knotted…
Title: Suspended in Dusk Editor: Simon Dewar Publisher: Books of the Dead Press Year Published: 2014 RRP: $99c Amazon I made two resolutions to do with my reading habits at the beginning of this year: 1. To read a wider range of genre fiction, including…
I really loved Bad Power and I wanted more. I didn’t actually think that Deborah would agree to an interview, but to my pleasant surprise, she did. Not only has she supplied me with lengthy answers, many are also very thoughtful. Read on to find…
Bad Power, Deborah Biancotti Twelfth Planet Press October 2011 RRP: $18 Australian I first heard of Deborah Biancotti two years ago at a Conflux Convention. I encountered her in a crime panel when I decided to break up my steady diet of epic fantasy, doctor…
It’s been awhile since I’ve done an author interview and I am very lucky indeed that Sarah had some time to talk to me about her debut crime novel, Someone Else’s Skin. I have known Sarah online for a few years and had the pleasure…
Someone Else’s Skin, Sarah Hilary Headline, Feb 2014. RRP: 13.99 GBP, $29.99 AUS And now for something completely different… Regular readers of my blog will know that I avoid crime fiction. It’s not that I don’t like mystery- in fact, I often have mystery in…
All is Fair, Emma Newman Angry Robots Books, October, 2013 R.R.P.: £5.49 / US$6.99 So the story behind this review is a sorry one. My kindle broke just as I started reading which meant I had to wait around for a new one before I…