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JOANNA BAKER

Murder, Mystery, Villages, Tasmania

  • About
    • About Joanna
    • Like you …
    • Reading Agatha Christie on the Lonely Edge of the World
  • The Three Villages Murder Mysteries
    • Devastation Road
    • Devastation Road: Readers’ Notes and Discussion Points
    • The Elsinore Vanish
      • Readers’ Notes, The Elsinore Vanish
      • The Elsinore Vanish: Some Thoughts
    • Evermore. Out now.
  • The Slipping Place
    • The Slipping Place
    • The Slipping Place blurb
    • The Ideas Behind The Slipping Place
    • The Slipping Place: Readers’ Notes
    • Hobart
    • Praise for The Slipping Place
    • Acknowledgements, The Slipping Place
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Author: Joanna Baker

Joanna's first murder mystery novel was reviewed as "outstanding' in The Age, Melbourne. Her current book, The Slipping Place, is a multi-layered page-turning murder mystery, set in Hobart, available in all Australian bookshops and online. Learn more at joannabakerauthor.com. "I'm a sixth-generation Tasmanian, deeply attached to the place. I'm also deeply attached to murder mysteries of all kinds."

Robbie Coltrane’s true masterwork

October 15, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Engrossing, compelling, timeless.

Peter Robinson and Raymond Chandler

October 11, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

After completing three degrees in literature and writing, Peter Robinson discovered he'd been missing something ...

Crime Fiction and Literature

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Clive James has been trying to read a Henry James novel.

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black

October 9, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ 1 Comment

Rich and profound, poetically written, haunting, moving. Sometimes I think Mr Black has forgotten he is writing a thriller. He often becomes poetic. He doesn’t seem to be able to help it.

Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves

October 9, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

P D James once said a mystery writer needs a sliver of ice in the heart in order to present people clearly, with all their failings. With Ann Cleeves books I don't see that. This is an author who cares about her people.  And so do we.

Maybe This Is You

October 9, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ 1 Comment

You discovered mystery novels at a young age. You began reading one and you were instantly enthralled. You gobbled it down in one long fevered gulp ... and then you went searching for the next.

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

October 8, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

This is my first Goodreads review. And this is the first mystery I ever read. Why wouldn't I start here?

The Impossible

September 26, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

The Elsinore Vanish is a variation of the classical locked-room mystery.

An act of infinite cruelty

September 19, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes it feels as if the murder victim has been inserted into a book as a prop, to make the story happen for other people.

Everyday Mysteries and Larger Ones

September 12, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

There are things we should know, there is something we should be seeing.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Devastation Road. "Outstanding" "Intelligent and sensitive". Available online everywhere as paperback and ebook. Buy now.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Elsinore Vanish is now available everywhere as paperback and ebook. Buy now.

Evermore. The third of the Three Villages Murder Mysteries. Out now.

The Slipping Place is available online in paperback and ebook. Buy now.

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