Our next meeting on December 4th will be our last for 2023, what a lot of wonderful books and discussions we have had over this year. Thankyou for your company and I am sure we will catch up in 2024.
Geraldine McCorkell
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November - "Thrillers written about outback Australia are fertile ground for authors at the moment"23/11/2023
Helen enjoyed novels by Margaret Hickey. Margaret is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria whose rural crime books include Cutters End, Broken Bay and Stone Town, if you are looking for a good read include these in your list of must reads. Another good read was Glitter and the Gold, the memoir of Consuelo Vanderbilt, a trans Atlantic marriage where a wealthy bride was sold to the bidder with the best title that being the 9th Duke of Marlborough. I will Find You by Harlan Coben a thriller that Harlan is very good at writing. On the same theme our reader enjoyed Deadly Intent by Lynda La Plant, Cross Country by James Patterson, A Time for Mercy by John Grisham and The Last Hours of Paris by Ruth Drurat. Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt a humorous crime novel who also wrote Heiress on Fire. Some old favourites appeared in Pride and Prejudice, A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen and Daphne Du Maurier. Michael Trent, author of No Trace, lives in Perth WA. No Trace is an outback thriller. Michael's first book Wild Dogs was also enjoyed by our reader. Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan is a light hearted, funny book looking at family life and the role of the eldest child. A beautiful little book by Alan Bennett, author of the Lady in the Van, is titled The Uncommon Reader a quirky story line about the Queen borrowing books from the Library van that visits the Palace, beautiful. Donna Leon has written Transient Desires, the new Commissario Brunetti novel, in her inimitable stye. Just Me by Sheila Hancock, about becoming a widow and life with and after her marriage to John Thaw. Don`t read this one if you are off in a plane any time soon, Falling, written by former flight attendant TJ Newman, is a thriller. The Rush by Michelle Prak is an outback thriller with a ferocious storm as the background. Thrillers written about outback Australia are fertile ground for authors at the moment.
Our next meeting on December 4th will be our last for 2023, what a lot of wonderful books and discussions we have had over this year. Thankyou for your company and I am sure we will catch up in 2024. Geraldine McCorkell Comments are closed.
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About 'Let's Talk Books'Have you read a good book you would like to share with others? Bring your book along and tell the group about it. This is a casual discussion group about books, papers or magazines we have read and enjoyed. You will hear about books others have read that you may also be interested in reading. Convenor/s and contact detailsGeraldine McCorkell
0408 522 662 Meeting times1st Monday 2 - 4 pm, Seniors Auditorum Fawckner Drive.
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