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Black Teeth
Zane Lovitt
A well-paced and thoroughly enjoyable piece of Australian-noir. Draws on the 'feel' of Jim Thompson et al. without falling into age-old American noir tropes.
Clancy of the Undertow
Christopher Currie
Clancy is a misfit who doesn’t even fit with the misfits - she’s sixteen and just trying to work out who the hell she is when her dad is involved in an accident that kills two local teenagers, her girl-crush finally notices that she exists, and new-girl Nancy walks into her life.
The Rules of Backyard Cricket
Jock Serong
South Africa are 6/194 at stumps on Day 3 and I am wrecked by the brilliance of this book. If you have a crime-fiction loving cricket fan in the family, consider your Christmas shopping sorted.
The Road to Winter
Mark Smith
A compelling and intelligent story of survival in a bleak but beautiful Australian coastal setting.
