Five great books I read in 2025

2. The Strip by Ian Ryan

With a style that reminds me a bit of Jordan Harper, Aussie Ian Ryan is on the way up.

Note: This is book one in series. Book two is out and three releases soon.

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Thank you @bookywookydooda.bsky.social for this fabulous surprise! #Legacy by the brilliant Chris Hammer is out from Wildfire Books @headlinebooks.bsky.social 30th Sept.
Martin Scarsden is back and I cannot wait to dive into a new assignment at his side! 🤩 #AustralianNoir 💙📚

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Image of cover of book The Dream by Iain Ryan reviewed by Ben Ford Smith in the Newtown Review of Books.

Today's review:
Ben Ford Smith on Iain Ryan's new crime novel, The Dream, set in 1980s Queensland:
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#CrimeFiction
#1980sQueensland
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#AudioBookReview – Opal by Patricia Wolf #Opal #Crime #Thriller #BookBeat #AustralianNoir #NewFavouriteSeries #SecretLibraryBookBlog Synopsis: “A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them. DS Lucas Walker is off duty. He’s supposed to be showing his little sister Grace the Australian outback, on …

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#AudioBookReview – Paradise by Patricia Wolf #Paradise #BookBeat #Crime #Thriller #AustralianNoir #SecretLibraryBookBlog Synopsis: “As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer’s Paradise: a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe spark…

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#AudioBookReview – Outback by Patricia Wolf #Outback #BookBeat #Crime #Thriller #AustralianNoir #SecretLibraryBookBlog Synopsis: “TWO MISSING BACKPACKERS. ONE VAST OUTBACK. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt an…

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