Ford is a forthright Australian journalist. In this her second book she takes male entitlement and toxic masculinity apart. An excellent read.

No one writes antiheroes like Mr Winton. Another extraordinary story, this one set in outback inland Western Australia. Mysterious characters, some passive and overt violence, hints of the past, and an unresolved future.

An Italian immigrant in Australia of the 1960s. Entertaining and looking at life and society from a different angle, but a bit dated now

This is a considered account of the rise of Pauline Hanson and the One Nation party in Australian politics. Easy to read, and Marr dissects and explains the issues clearly

This is the final chapter of Condon‘s expose of corruption in Queensland‘s (Australia) police force and parliament from the 1950s to 1990s.

A study of corruption in Queensland Police 1940s-1970s.

Jenks is a (not very good) private investigator in Wales, who gets offered the job of a lifetime: straightforward, well-rewarded and sexy. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty, as it turns out. Great fun, but be warned if you are a little prudish - the movie version would be x-rated

Thoroughly enjoying this with less than 100p to go. Looking at the effects of early onset dementia on a man, and the relationship with his son

The first of the Inspector Banks books, and while it deals with some feminist issues, is a bit dated now. While I enjoyed it as a procedural, there were a couple of issues at the end around Banks‘ and Jenny Fuller‘s involvement in the cases that left me wondering if it would occur that way in real life