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it’s time to go to war Tomorrow when the war began has been making headlines recently due to the cinematic release of the Australian movie adaptation of John Marsden’s critically acclaimed novels. The story follows the journey of eight high school friends whose lives are upended by an invasion that no one saw coming. Cut off from their families and friends, these eight extraordinary teenagers must learn to escape, survive and fight back against hostile military forces. Titles in the series include: Tomorrow, when the war began The dead of the night The third day, the frost Darkness, be my friend Burning for revenge The night is for hunting The other side of dawn The Ellie Chronicles: While I live Incurable Circle of flight
It’s a Mystery! The mystery writing style isn’t always as clean cut as it first appears. There are many different categories of mystery stories from Classic mysteries to the Fatally funny, below are a few of the more common styles.
Murder in translation
I like mine hardboiled
These authors have works that have been translated into English. Karin Alvtegen Umberto Eco Ake Edwardson Kerstin Ekman Stieg Larsson Henning Mankell
These stories include a detective or Private Investigator who live a hard, lonely life. Michael Chabon Coben Harlan Michael Connelly Loren Estleman Charlie Huston George Pelacaros Robert B. Parker T. Jefferson Barker Robert Crais Mickey Spilane
Classic mysteries Re-discover an old favorite or find something new with these Classics. Margery Allingham Raymond Chandler Agatha Christie Arthur Conan Doyle Dashiell Hammett Phyllis Dorothy James Edgar Allan Poe
Cooking up crime The culinary mystery trend has a food theme, not all include recipes but when they do, it’s a nice bonus. Andrea Camilleri Laura Childs Kerry Greenwood Janet Laurence Susan Wittig Albert Katherine Hall Page
Fatally funny Many mysteries have a humorous component but these authors always have the last laugh. Donna Andrews Robert G. Barrett Dorothy Cannell Tim Dorsey Janet Evanovich Carl Hiassen Sharyn McCrumb Geoff McGeachin Shane Maloney Jane Heller Lisa Lutz
AUTHOR PROFILE
ADRIAN HYLAND
Adrian Hyland, a white male novelist, has produced a novel that goes into the mind of a young female aboriginal woman. For ten years Hyland lived and worked among Indigenous people where he learnt language, listened to songs and stories and was deeply moved by the courage shown in the struggle to maintain culture before the onslaught of Western civilization. This extraordinary experience gave him an understanding of the complexity, richness, joy and hardships of contemporary Australian aboriginal life, an understanding which he has drawn on to write his first crime novel, Diamond Dove. A funny, absorbing and
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moving novel in which his heroine, Emily Tempest, a feisty twenty-nine year old Aboriginal woman “with a fast mouth and a strong right hook,” investigates the untimely death of an Aboriginal elder. Diamond Dove was soon recognised by winning the 2007 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction and was also a Book Sense Notable book. Hyland’s second novel, Gunshot Road, continues Emily’s story and struggle in outback Australia. Hyland is currently working on a non-fiction book based on the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.
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