Great Aussie Reads
  • Home
  • Why Read Australian?
  • Bookshelf
  • Reviews
  • Contact

Wildfire by Susan Geason (Reviewed by Olivia)

17/1/2012

0 Comments

 
Thanks everyone who has visited our new blog and left a comment and a big thank you to Olivia for being the first to share a review. Here it is:

Wildfire by Susan Geason (Reviewed by Olivia) Wildfire by Susan Geason is a psychological thriller set in Sydney in the 1990s. (In fact, although it is not stated, it seems to be loosely based on the murder of nurse Anita Cobby in the 1980s).

It is the middle of a hot, Sydney summer and bushfires are raging around the outskirts of the city. To add to the mix, a sadistic serial killer is on the loose. A young, popular nurse, Lisa Broderick is found brutally raped and murdered, causing panic in the community.
Rachel Addison is a police psychologist and the only woman on the homicide squad.You soon realise that she has her own psychological demons to conquer, as she does her utmost to get into the head of the crazed killer. Eventually she becomes convinced that he is stalking her.

Through various twists and turns, the story picks up pace as the police gain ground on the killer. It keeps you guessing pretty much to the end.

Written in the 1990s, it captures that era very well. The ‘boys club’ of the homicide squad rings true and you can feel the heat and almost smell the smoke of the bushfires.

I really enjoyed this book. It has a very Australian feel to it and you can almost feel the creeping footsteps of the killer as he starts stalking Rachel. (Although probably not a good one to read at night if you live alone in an isolated area!).

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/263233522

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    We love to review Australian fiction and have taken part in the Australian Women Writer's Challenge for the past several years. Check the links below for our reviews and be inspired to try a new author or two.
    Picture
    Join The Australian Women Writer's Challenge
    REVIEWS BY YEAR
    2017 Reviews
    2016 Reviews
    2015 Reviews
    2014 Reviews
    2013 Reviews

    REVIEWS BY TITLE
    • Third Offence
    • Sixty Seconds
    • The Fifth Letter
    • Redhanded
    • The Golden Child
    • All For My Children
    • Beyond The Orchard
    • The Other Side Of The Season
    • Truly, Madly, Guilty
    • Labour Of Love
    • Heartlines: The Year I Met My Other Mother
    • Evergreen Falls
    • How I Met Your Father
    • Out Of The Ice
    • Reckoning
    • The River House
    • Remembering Anita Cobby
    • Darkest Place
    • All That Is Lost Between Us
    • The Grass Is Greener
    • Surfacing
    • Room 46
    • The Secret Daughter
    • Six Degrees
    • She's Having Her Baby
    • The Lost Swimmer
    • Outback Midwife
    • Through The Wall
    • The Girl Who Lived
    • The Sand Dollar
    • Useful
    • Season Of Shadow and Light
    • Missing You
    • The Country Wife
    • Arkie's Pilgrimage To The Next Big
    • Leila's Secret
    • Hindsight 
    • A Fortunate Life
    • Cliffy  
    • Distance
    • The Devil's In The Detail
    • The Lost Girls
    • A Long Way Home
    • The Beach House
    • Distance
    • Nurses Of The Outback
    • Through The Cracks
    • Thornwood House
    • The Cry  
    • How To Do A Liver Transplant
    • Losing Kate
    • Walking On Trampolines
    • The Unknown Woman
    • Simmering Season
    • Short Story Collection
    • Lost and Found
    • Returning
    • Confessions Of A Qantas Flight Attendant
    • Can You Keep A Secret?
    • Already Dead  
    • Will To Live  
    • Big Little Lies  
    • Further
    • The Anna Meares Story
    • Where Is Daniel?
    • Bush Nurses
    • My Journey
    • Through My Eyes
    • If I Should Lose You
    • Losing February
    • Come Back To Me
    • The Beach House
    • Greatest Mysteries of The Modern World
    • The Secret Keeper
    • The Rules of Conception
    • Get Well Soon
    • The Lavender Keeper
    • Bitter Nothings
    • Shallow Breath
    • Sisters Of Mercy
    • Dark Horse
    • After The Darkness
    • Bay Of Fires
    • Sisters of Spicefield
    • Four Small Stones
    • A House For All Seasons
    • A Few Right Thinking Men
    • Miles Off Course
    • Three Crooked Kings
    • The Big End Of Town
    • The Devil’s In The Detail
    • Heart Of Stone
    • Unsolved Crimes: The Crimes That Haunt Australia
    • The Satin Man
    • The Bark Cutters
    • A Changing Land
    • Into My Arms
    • Missing You
    • Traces Of Absence
    • Peace, Love and Khaki Socks
    • Every Parent's Nightmare
    • Educating Alice
    • Love, Sweat and Tears
    • No Place Like Home
    • Blood Secret
    • Confessions Of A Hostie
    • Ugly
    • JFK: The Smoking Gun 
     
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.