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“17 Years Later” by J.P. Pomare
The variegated criminal justice system that exists (for better or worse) in the modern Western world is an often unpredictable (or is it?) and fickle beast. There are a myriad of cautionary tales that reveal to us that some folks… Continue reading
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“James” by Percival Everett
The United States has long been (or seen as being, up until recent dubious political shenanigans and maneuvering), a glittering and shiny beacon of light for the world. A country of safe refuge for millions of care-worn refugees and optimistic… Continue reading
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“The Wedding Party” by Rebecca Heath
It is an irredeemable and sobering fact that those who have loved somebody will be engulfed in, and forever changed by, grief when that loved one passes away. For thousands of years, humankind has grieved the loss of each other… Continue reading
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“The Bad Bridesmaid” by Rachael Johns
Whoever in this life has had the veritable good fortune to read Emily Bronte’s gut wrenching, yet ethereally sublime, novel, Wuthering Heights, has surely been sprinkled with a liberal dose of fairy dust. We “Wuthering Heights” aficionados will easily recall… Continue reading
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“Midnight and Blue” by Ian Rankin
Prisons (no matter where they exist in this turbulent world) are veritable rabbit warrens of despair, misery and metaphorical darkness. Hope is a tenuous commodity in such bleak receptacles and positivity amongst inmates is an outplayed commodity often. It is… Continue reading
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“The Miller Women” By Kelli Hawkins
Australian country towns are often harbourers of secrets. Some long-held. Some recent. And when they come out (if they do come out) the results are like dynamite blasting and ricocheting endlessly throughout the town. Such truths are forensically examined in… Continue reading
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“The Last Trace” By Petronella McGovern
January 22, 2025 Memory (defined definitively and resolutely as “the ability to recall information that you have learned” and further as “a vital human process that involves encoding, storing and retrieving information”) can be a fickle beast. What if this… Continue reading
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“Meet Ella” By James Middleton
“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished. These sage and almost divinely inspired words of American author, Dean Koontz (born 1945), vehemently reverberate with ardent dog-lovers throughout the world. We doggie owners… Continue reading
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“The Ledge” By Christian White
For those of us blessed enough to have grown up in Australia, who could not reverentially recall lazy and sometimes idle summer days, where time seemed to alternately stand still and then speed up on a whim? Summers that felt… Continue reading
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“All The Colours Of The Dark” By Chris Whitaker
One can only imagine the abject shock and fear (quietly and stealthily morphing into terror and bewilderment) that permeates the very soul and being of family and friends when their loved ones go missing. These are not uncommon occurrences and… Continue reading
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