Title: Small Acts of Defiance Author: Michelle Wright Published: June 1st 2021 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4.5 stars May, 1940: After a bitter tragedy, young Australian woman Lucie and her French mother Yvonne are forced to leave home and seek help from the only family they have left-Lucie’s uncle, Gerard. As the Second World War engulfs […]

It is a pleasure to welcome Leonie Kelsall to my blog, Mrs B’s Book Reviews for A Tea Break with Mrs B, a author interview series. To help celebrate the release of The Wattle Seed Inn we sat down for a chat. Thanks Leonie! What is your drink of choice as we sit down for a chat about your new […]

Title: Digging Up Dirt Author: Pamela Hart Published: June 2nd 2021 Publisher: HQ Fiction – AU Pages: 352 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Renovations are hell. And that’s before you find the body beneath the floorboards. An intriguing mystery from a stylish new voice in crime fiction, for readers of Kerry Greenwood and Holly Throsby. When your builder finds bones […]

Title: Her Last Holiday Author: C.L Taylor Published: May 5th 2021 Publisher: Avon GB -HarperCollins Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $24.99 Rating: 4 stars You come to Soul Shrink to be healed. You don’t expect to die. Two years ago, Fran’s sister Jenna disappeared on a wellness retreat in Gozo that went terribly wrong. Tom Wade, the now […]

Title: The Eighth Wonder Author: Tania Farrelly Published: July 2nd 2021 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 416 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars The Suffragette meets The Greatest Showman in this story ofpassion and courage, as a young feminist fights against the rules of society to find her place in the world. New York, 1897. The richest city in the world. Beautiful, young and […]

It is a pleasure to welcome Kerry McGinnis to my blog, Mrs B’s Book Reviews for A Tea Break with Mrs B, an author interview series. To help celebrate the release of The Missing Girl we sat down for a chat. Thanks Kerry! What is your drink of choice as we sit down for a chat about your new book? […]

Title: The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison Author: Meredith Jaffe Published: May 5th 2021 Publisher: HarperCollins AU Pages: 368 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Can a wedding dress save a bunch of hardened crims? The Full Monty meets Orange is the New Black in a poignantly comic story about a men’s prison sewing circle. ‘This is a deft and unlikely story in an uncommon […]

Title: The Lamplighters Author: Emma Stonex Published: March 9th 2021 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 368 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3 stars Cornwall, 1972. Three lighthouse keepers vanish from a remote rock, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been […]

Title: The Piano Woman Author: Rozzi Bazzani Published: February 11th 2021 Publisher: Arcadia Pages: 310 Genres:  Fiction, Historical/Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars A young woman goes missing…On the threshold of World War II, a young woman from a titled family in the south of England disappears, seemingly without a trace.An unexpected inheritance…In 2016 on the outskirts of Melbourne Australia, Maddison Browne, a […]

Title: The Missing Sister Author: Lucinda Riley Published: May 25th 2021 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 816 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary/Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars They’ll search the world to find her. From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley, The Missing Sister is the seventh instalment in the multimillion-copy epic series The Seven Sisters. The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey […]