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Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi
Just when I think my heart has been captured by the newest romances, or I’m getting swept away into a fantasy novel, I read mysteries such as Alex Pavesi’s Ink Ribbon Red, which make me fall in love with…
Hotel Lucky Seven by Kotaro Isaka & Brian Bergstrom (trans.)
Kotaro Isaka, author of the internationally best-selling novel Bullet Train, returns with an equally exciting, fast-paced, high-stakes thriller in this sequel, Hotel Lucky Seven.
Nanao – codename ‘Ladybug’, the self-proclaimed unluckiest assassin in the world – is back…
Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz
The author of the award-winning debut Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz’s newest novel challenges the glamourisation, by the media and in pop culture, of male serial killers and redirects our attention to the lives of the girls…
Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk & Heather Cleary (trans.)
Marina Yuszczuk’s new novel, the pensive and erotic Thirst, makes one thing clear: the vampire will always hold an important place in our cultural consciousness. Not just a classic monster, the vampire is a versatile and potent symbol capable…
Gliff by Ali Smith
Ali Smith writes the fiction that we need. I last read her work in 2011, and though I regret not returning to her for so long, it has been quite amazing to experience the transformation between these novels. While her…
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami & Philip Gabriel (trans.)
The conceit of this novel is that there exists a fantastical City complete with bridge, clocktower with a handless clock, unicorny beasts and an impermeable wall that seals it off from reality. Somehow, however, the hesitant, querulous Haruki Murakami first-person…
The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong & The Ko-lab (trans.)
Inji is a Field Wife working for the New Marriage department of Wedding & Life, a matchmaking agency wherein wealthy clients can hire a wife or husband for a short-term contract. Once the contract is finished, you both walk away…
She's Always Hungry
Sickos rejoice! This is the first collection of short stories from the cult favourite author of Boy Parts and Penance. Written in the years since 2018, the subjects and styles are varied, but many of the stories share a…
The Thinning by Inga Simpson
In Inga Simpson’s seventh novel, she writes atmospherically about the Australian bush, specifically the Warrumbungle Ranges and Mount Kaputar in Gamilaraay Country, NSW. The story is set in a near-future Australia, where climate change has ravaged the country and impacted…
This Kingdom of Dust by David Dyer
To imagine the stories behind great historical moments in history is a concept that seems to be having its moment. Or, rather, isn’t that how history has always been told – as a consideration? This story of the very famous…
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