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Crime

Episodes

Tuesday Jan 16, 2024

Perry and David celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast by discussing the best books they read during 2023. And bid you all a fond farewell.
Introduction (00:12)
Our 100th Episode! (04:14)
Let's talk about Books (02:10)
2023: Highlights of our reading (01:11:53)
Best Science Fiction read in 2023 (David) (04:24)
Best Science Fiction read in 2023 (Perry) (03:41)
Best Fantasy read in 2023 (David) (03:40)
Best Fantasy read in 2023 (Perry) (03:34)
Best Crime read in 2023 (David) (05:28)
Best Crime read in 2023 (Perry) (05:59)
Best Spy/Thriller read in 2023 (David) (02:01)
Best Spy/Thriller read in 2023 (Perry) (02:57)
Best Historical Fiction read in 2023 (David) (05:50)
Best Novellas read in 2023 (Perry) (05:26)
Best Literary read in 2023 (David) (02:13)
Best Literary read in 2023 (Perry) (04:32)
Best Children's Literature read in 2023 (David) (02:27)
Best Collection/Anthology read in 2023 (Perry) (02:19)
Best Nonfiction read in 2023 (David) (03:16)
Best Nonfiction read in 2023 (Perry) (02:36)
Best Overall read for the first time in 2023 (David) (01:22)
Best Overall read for the first time in 2023 (Perry) (01:11)
Best Overall re-read in 2023 (David) (01:10)
Best Overall re-read in 2023 (Perry) (02:39)
Windup and Farewell (06:02)
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2023

Perry and David talk about their latest reading, listening and watching in the crime genre, from a classic PI novel to the latest best-seller.
Introduction (05:56)
General News (11:06)
Ned Kelly Awards 2023 (02:13)
Dragon Awards 2023 (07:00)
Queensland Literary Awards 2023 (01:43)
What we've been reading and watching (55:24)
In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty (11:43)
No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child (11:46)
The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan (05:01)
D Is For Deadbeat by Sue Grafton (08:54)
Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron (07:58)
The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 2) (06:01)
Deadloch (03:54)
Windup (01:10)
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"Arrogant priest, this place demands I keep calm,Or thou shouldst find thou hast dishonor’d me.or you would be punished for your insult.Think not, although in writing I preferr’dDo not think that just because I wrote downThe manner of thy vile outrageous crimes,the details of your revolting terrible crimesThat therefore I have forg’d, or am not ablethat I have made anything up or cannotverbatim to rehearse the method of my pen."
Henry VI Part I, Act 3 Scene 1

Thursday Aug 03, 2023

Perry and David discuss audiobooks, cover a swag of awards and recent news, and then go on to talk about what they've read (or listened to) recently. And Perry talks about a great TV series he recommends.
Introduction (01:40)
Listening to audiobooks (11:57)
General News (13:42)
Hugo Ballot 2023 (06:20)
World Fantasy Awards 2023 (01:32)
Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2023 (00:37)
Miles Franklin Award Winner 2023 (00:58)
The Booker Prize long list 2023 (02:46)
Death of Milan Kundera (01:20)
What we've been reading (55:00)
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (07:18)
Utterly Dark and the Heart of the Wild by Philip Reeve (07:33)
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (07:04)
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (07:28)
Here’s Luck by Lennie Lower (04:24)
The Russia House by John Le Carre (11:05)
The Bear (08:33)
Windup (01:34)
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Tuesday Jan 17, 2023

David and Perry discuss their reading during 2022 and list their selections of the best books in a range of categories, and end up agreeing on the best book of the year.
Introduction (03:03)
General News (05:52)
2022 Prime Minister's Literary Awards (01:49)
2022 Phillip K. Dick Award (01:23)
Susie McKee Charnas (02:32)
Best Books of 2022 (58:36)
Science Fiction (06:14)
Perry (03:00)
David (03:10)
Fantasy (03:53)
Perry (00:44)
David (03:07)
Crime (08:16)
Perry (05:58)
David (02:17)
Spy/Thriller (04:45)
Perry (02:07)
David (02:28)
Literary/Non Genre (07:03)
Perry (04:45)
David (02:02)
Novellas (06:08)
Perry (06:05)
Children's Literature (01:23)
David (01:12)
Collections & Anthologies (04:32)
Perry (04:07)
David (00:16)
Historical Fiction (00:50)
David (00:44)
Nonfiction (06:39)
Perry (03:16)
David (03:18)
Overall Best for 2022 (03:34)
Perry (01:25)
David (01:57)
Windup (01:14)
Next episode (01:39)
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Tuesday Aug 30, 2022

David and Perry discuss crime fiction, both in books and on television, ranging from a fascinating non-fiction book about the making of 'The Godfather' to some TV shows which combine comedy and crime.
Introduction (00:21)
General News (00:33)
Alexei Panshin dies at age 82 (00:31)
Awards in the Crime Genre (02:47)
Ned Kelly Awards winners (01:03)
Davitt Awards Shortlist (01:40)
Perry's Overseas Trip (02:13)
Crime Fiction Novels (54:30)
Leave The Gun Take The Cannoli by Mark Seal (14:58)
The Island by Adrian McKinty (09:20)
Wild Place by Christian White (10:05)
Daughters Of Eve by Nina D. Campbell (06:24)
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo (08:56)
Wake by Shelley Burr (04:30)
Crime fiction on TV (25:36)
Ozark (00:50)
Line of Duty (00:38)
Slow Horses (05:58)
The Outlaws (04:09)
Only Murders in the Building (02:18)
The Staircase (07:03)
'Capitol Crimes' (04:08)
Windup (00:41)
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The evil that men do lives after them,While the good is oft interred with their bones
Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2): William Shakespeare

Tuesday Apr 13, 2021

Perry and David celebrate their 50th episode of the podcast, and talk about the books they have read recently in the crime and thriller genre.
Game of Thrones anniversary (01:14)
Hugo Ballots coming (00:50)
Worldcon date change (03:19)
Game of Thrones book publication date (00:20)
Letter of Comment - comfort reading (03:04)
Crime Fiction (00:17)
Gathering Dark by Candice Fox (10:18)
Consolation by Garry Disher (06:34)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (07:57)
The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child (12:45)
Darkness for Light by Emma Viskic (09:28)
A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin (08:09)
Windup (01:22)
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Illustration: "Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill" by Pieter Claesz. Thanks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tuesday Feb 16, 2021

Perry and David revisit the scene(s) of the crime, discussing books in a variety of sub-genres within the crime/thriller category.
Vale Yvonne Rousseau (02:21)
Locus Recommended Reading List 2020 (05:31)
Doing Crime (01:58)
Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Crosby (04:40)
The Spy Of Venice by Benet Brandreth (05:44)
The Survivors by Jane Harper (06:13)
Waiting For Elijah by Kate Wild (06:37)
The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace (05:08)
Good Girl/Bad Girl and When She Was Good by Michael Robotham (08:50)
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (08:18)
Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett (01:39)
Windup (01:16)
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Tuesday Jan 12, 2021

David and Perry look back at the books they read during 2020 and pick their favourites in a variety of categories.
David's reading during 2020 (03:59)
Perry's reading during 2020 (08:58)
David's Best SF read for the first time (04:19)
Perry's Best SF read for the first time (06:31)
David's Best SF read again (02:15)
Perry's Best SF read again (03:25)
David's Best Fantasy (03:04)
Perry's Best Fantasy (04:09)
David's Best Alternate History (02:27)
Perry's Best Crime (05:46)
David's Best Crime (04:39)
Perry's Best Literary (06:25)
David's Best Literary (09:08)
Perry's Best Single Author Collections (05:20)
David's Best Historical Fiction (02:26)
Perry's Best Novellas (08:10)
David's Best Children's Literature (02:57)
Perry's Best Nonfiction (04:05)
David's Best Nonfiction (02:55)
Windup (01:34)
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Tuesday Mar 17, 2020

David and Perry discuss:
The Coronavirus Epidemic
How we rate books
Touch~Claire North
Hugo Awards for 2020
A Memory Called Empire~Arkady Martine
Infinite Detail~Tim Maughan
The Wicked Girls~Alex Marwood
The Mermaids Singing~Val McDermid
The Ten Thousand Doors of January~Alix E. Harrow
Daemon Voices~Philip Pullman
Clockwork~Philip Pullman
I Was a Rat~Philip Pullman
Blue Moon~Lee Child
Interview with Lucy Sussex
The Arsonist~Cloe Hooper
Kinglake-350~Adrian Hyland
The Wasp and the Orchid~Danielle Clode
Viv Albertine
Patrick Parker's Progress~Mavis Cheek
Farthing, Ha'Penny, Half a Crown~Jo Walton
Swastika Night~Katharine Burdekin
Generation Loss~Elizabeth Hand
Peace~Gary Disher
Interview with W. H. Chong
Black Leopard, Red Wolf~Marlon James
Red Moon~Kim Stanley Robinson
Lanny~Max Porter
Grief is a Thing With Feathers~Max Porter
Best SF of the Year~Strahan
Blackfish City~Sam J. Miller
The Wandering Earth collection~Liu Cixin
On the Beach~Neville Shute
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel~Alexander Chee
In the Garden of Beasts~Eric Larsen
Agency~William Gibson
The Rain Heron~Robbie Arnott
Windup
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Monday May 20, 2019

Perry and David talk about:
Introduction
Hugo Season
Hugo Nominees
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Australian Crime Fiction
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume
Bony Novels by Arthur Upfield
Scrublands by Chris Hammer
Moon - with Sam Rockwell
Windup
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