Book review: War novel charts rise of the machines
Brian Falkner's Machines of War is a gripping read with equal parts fact and fiction.
Brian Falkner's Machines of War is a gripping read with equal parts fact and fiction.
Brilliant steampunk adventure a worthy successor to Harry Potter, says Dionne Christian.
Greg Fleming reads the latest from Tom Wood, Dennis Lehane, John Grisham and Hannah Tinti
Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction.
Greg Fleming reviews books from Dennis Lehane, Peter Swanson,Chris Carter and C.J. Carver.
L.S Hilton's new novel combines sex, murder, designer dresses and art forgeries.
Greg Fleming reviews the latest from Mick Herron, L.S Hilton, Ian Rankin and Daniel Cole
Greg Fleming reviews a new collection of unpublished poems and writings from the Man in Black many of which read like song lyrics.
Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction.
Our picks of 2016's best illustrated non-fiction books.
Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction and points out some of the year's best reads.
Joe Goldberg's your average, cantankerous New York rare books seller. He's also an accomplished serial killer. When we meet him
After nearly 50 years together, a husband is jailed for life for the strangulation of his wife. Greg Bruce discovers how an ordinary relationship went so horribly wrong.
Ceramic artist John Parker's stunning book encompasses 50 years of his work.
Reviews of crime-fiction by Michael Connelly, Ian Austin, Sam Carmody and Laura Lippman
Author Jay McInerney's old-fashioned belief that Love and Art can defy both time and money is to be applauded.
RED HERRING by Jonothan Cullinane (HarperCollins, $37) Auckland 1951: trams run along Queen St, women aren't allowed in the RSC
Wiremu Heke, known as Billhook, leaves his Otago home in 1825 with regret in his heart and vengeance in mind.
Since winning the 2003 Man Booker Prize, DBC Pierre has often been forced to come clean about past difficulties, such as his shady
Ian McEwan's narrators have often been edgy, fractured, disturbed or disturbing, but none has come near the voice that drives his latest novel.
Mountain bike enthusiast Russell Baillie reviews the dangerous new tome from Lonely Planet.
COMMENT: I've loved the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling for over 10 years, but now, for the first time, I feel disappointed with her - and it hurts.
A person could so easily be attracted to this book by its cover. But no, we mustn't judge.
When Chris Gayle foolishly sleazed on cricket journalist Mel McLaughlin, he became Australia's public enemy one.
Joe Hill's latest work has post-apocalyptic optimism, writes Stephen Jewell.
A Time To Die (Hachette) Tom Wood $34.99 Englishman Wood says he got into the book business "to pen thrillers with the boring bits
Gustav Perle, son of a dead policeman and a bitter mother whom he loves despite her disaffection for him, is merely 5 as this story
Annie Proulx's new epic story stretches far and wide and south, writes Dionne Christian.