I’m sick of reading American books. Would love some Aussie recommendations.
Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher novels are set in and around Melbourne in the 1920’s.
I quite enjoyed On the Beach (1957). It’s post apocalyptic, set heavily in Melbourne following a nuclear war.
Author is British though, but he wrote it after moving to Australia.
The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo
Murray Whelanseries by Shane Maloney - Murray is a political aide to a labour MP in state parliament who has to solve a murder before it (generally) brings down the government or he gets murdered. Also a series of films startting David Wenham (and directed by John Clarke)
Death in Brunswick by Boyd Oxlade - it’s set in Brunswick and is a little weird to be honest and the main character is definetly not likable. Movie stars Sam Neill and John Clarke co stars
The Holiday Murders by Robert Gott - set in 1943, there’s 4 books in the series (though by the end of the second book I was done with it). There hasn’t been a movie about this one, presumably because John Clarke didn’t read it
I’ve read death in Brunswick! Classic!
How about young adult fiction set in Melbourne? Any titles we know of?
I remember liking the Tomorrow, When the War Began series as a teenager (set in rural Vic). It’s about a group of Aussie teenagers who return from a bush camping trip to find everyone in the town gone. I remember it gets pretty dark and seemed really grounded for a YA series at the time, but I was 15 so take it with a grain of salt haha
thanks!
I quite liked The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume. The telemovie was good too.
Kerry Greenwood - the Corinna Chapman series for a more contemporary take than Phryne Fisher.