Mali Waugh

This was excellent - well worth the surprising amount it cost to order it from Australia. The portrayal of the character of Senior Sergeant Jillian, newly returned to work after maternity leave, was interesting. The author didn't go the way I had anticipated - Jillian's boss is entirely supportive, her co-worker and she gradually start to work well together - and it turns out the work half of her life is not where the problems lie.

This was well-plotted and well-written, and I really hope this is the beginning of a series. Highly recommended.… (mere)

Here is a new Australian author to watch.

An Australian family law judge is murdered just hours after her colleagues are told that she will be the next Chief Justice of the Family Law Court. There is no lack of suspects, because Kaye Bailey was extremely outspoken.

It becomes her first case after maternity leave for Detective Jill Bassett. Jill thinks she will be happier returning to work, as she is certainly deeply uncomfortable with motherhood. She buries herself in the case, troubled by her relationship with the Acting Detective who has filled her shoes for the last six months. She would prefer to be working on her own, but things improve on the working front, at the same time as things at home go into a downward spiral.

This novel had me totally hooked.… (mere)