B E BOOKS
C E 1979
CINEMA
Val McDermid Sphere, $32.99
The first in a new series of novels introducing Allie Burns, set at pivotal moments of the past four decades. 1979. It is the winter of discontent and ambitious young journalist Allie Burns is on the hunt for the story that will change her career. The only woman working for the Glasgow news desk, she needs a groundbreaking scoop for the boy’s club to take her seriously. Soon Burns and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland. They risk making powerful enemies – and Burns won’t stop there. After all, she is a woman in a man’s world, and nobody can be trusted.
Ron’s Gone Wrong October 28
The Nameless Ones
John Connolly Hachette Australia, $32.99
Private Investigator Charlie Parker returns in this heart-pounding thriller, with Angel and Louis taking centre stage, following from events in A Book of Bones, from the bestselling author of the acclaimed Charles Parker novels. In Amsterdam, four people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidant of the assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland. They are wrong. For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down, five killers to be found and punished before they can vanish into the east. There is only one problem. The sixth.
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Police Journal
Barney is a socially awkward middleschooler and Ron is his new walking, talking, digitally connected device, which is supposed to be his “Best Friend out of the Box”. Ron’s malfunctions, set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship. Cast: Jack Dylan Grazer (Barney – voice), Zach Galifianakis (Ron – voice), Olivia Colman (Donka – voice).
