The Sharp Turn signings are in swing now. Thanks those that came to the city store today to say hello and buy the books. Check the sidebar for more signings, running now until the 18th December. And while you’re thinking about xmas gifts, think TARA SHARP!
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But who will win the reading race?  Bel and Cel's settle in for a big night! Cels purchased hers first but Belinda produced the first photo. So I declare it a TIE!
Sharp Turn (Marianne Delacourt, A&U, $29.99 tpb, ISBN 9781742370033, December) Tara Sharp is a gust of fresh air in the local crime fiction scene. While it is wonderful that our more literary crime writers are finally getting the attention they deserve, there’s still plenty of room for fast-paced commercial female-oriented Australian crime fiction. And Marianne Delacourt (aka sci-fi writer Marianne de Pierres) has certainly nailed that brief. Sharp Turn is the second book in this amusing crime/romance series (after Sharp Shooter). Tara is a heroine very much in the tradition of Janet Evanovich—as the cover line points out in very bold type—with a hint of the paranormal. She has an ‘unusual gift’ that allows her to read auras, making the series a good recommendation for readers of paranormal romance looking to move on. Tara’s ability is as much a liability as an asset in her unorthodox PI business though—she’s still learning to control her unusual power and it gets her into as much trouble as it gets her out of. Likeably self deprecating and full of spunk, Tara is convincing enough if you don’t try to analyse her too deeply. And who wants to analyse deeply a book that sets out to be funny, fast and furious? This is an ideal beach read.
If you haven’t listened to the interviews on TV then you can catch them on the Foxtel site. Honestly, they are great! Tara has a way of getting her interviewees to reveal interesting things about themselves, especially their strange fan experiences. So far she’s interviewed Lenny Bartulin, Neil Cross, Kathryn Fox, Michael Robotham and Lee Tulloch. One of the most entertaining series I’ve listened to in a long time. I also rather enjoyed having my make up done. First time I’ve worn any in QUITE a while
More interesting to me is the changing dynamic between DS Logan MaCrae and DI Steel et al. The Aberdeen accent leaps off the page to my ears and the description of locations is succinct and evocative. I want to be able to write like that when I grow up! And more importantly, I’m so pleased that I can still feel this way. It’s like being a fifteen year old reading John Le Carre and Alistair Maclean again. |
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