Showing posts with label true crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label true crime. Show all posts
Thursday, February 13, 2025

"A heck of a storyteller" - review of THE SURVIVORS by Steve Braunias

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THE SURVIVORS by Steve Braunias (HarperCollins, 2024) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson True stories of death and desperation.  One survivor choos...
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Running backs, wrongful convictions, and the Harlem of the West: an interview with Robert Justice

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Kia ora and haere mai, welcome to the 236th instalment of author interview series, 9mm, which has been resurrected this year after largely...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Review: THE SHORT LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JANE FURLONG

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THE SHORT LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JANE FURLONG by Kelly Dennett (Awa Press, 2018) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Jane Furlong was se...
Thursday, November 8, 2018

Review: LAW BREAKERS & MISCHIEF MAKERS

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LAW BREAKERS & MISCHIEF MAKERS: 50 NOTORIOUS NEW ZEALANDERS by Bronwyn Sell (Allen & Unwin, 2009) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson ...
Sunday, August 5, 2018

Review: THIS MORTAL BOY

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THIS MORTAL BOY by Fiona Kidman (Vintage, 2018) Reviewed by Alyson Baker An utterly compelling recreation of the events that led to on...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Review: THE BLACK WIDOW

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THE BLACK WIDOW by Lee-Anne Cartier (Penguin, 2016) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson The Black Widow almost got away with murder. But then ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Review: I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK

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I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara (Faber & Faber, 2018) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson For more than ten years, a mys...
Friday, March 30, 2018

Review: THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

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THE SCENE OF THE CRIME by Steve Braunias (HarperCollins, 2015) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punish...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Review: DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

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DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD by Simonne Butler with Andra Jenkin (Mary Egan Publishing, 2016) Reviewed by Anne Cater Double-edged Sword is a sur...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

Review: IN DARK PLACES

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IN DARK PLACES by Michael Bennett (Paul Little Books, 2016) Reviewed by Victoria Goldman Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wron...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

Review: THE MANY DEATHS OF MARY DOBIE

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THE MANY DEATHS OF MARY DOBIE by David Hastings (AUP, 2015) Reviewed by Kate Jackson Dreadful murder at Opunake’, said the Taranaki He...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

Review: THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

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THE SCENE OF THE CRIME by Steve Braunias (HarperCollins, 2015) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and pun...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

New Zealand True Crime: In Dark Places

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Although I mainly concentrate on the crime fiction part of crime writing here on Crime Watch , I have for a long time been interested in tru...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Review: CONAN DOYLE AND THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF LIGHT

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CONAN DOYLE AND THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF LIGHT by Matt Wingett (Life is Amazing, 2016) Reviewed by Ewa Sherman From early in his medica...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Review: THE INNOCENT MAN

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THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham (Doubleday, 2006) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson A gripping legal thriller that's all the more compe...