Our Prospect Podcast

This is the final in the series and not to be missed - the team get chatty about love, terror, and an American family in Hitler’s Berlin.

Read Erik Larson's unforgettable true story 'In the Garden of Beasts': https://onecard.network/client/en_AU/prospect/search/results?qu=in+the+garden+of+beasts&te=&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle

A horrifying crime. Water-tight evidence points to a single suspect. Except he was seventy miles away, with an iron-clad alibi. Detective Anderson sets out to investigate the impossible: how can the suspect have been both at the scene of the crime and in another town?

Listen to what we had to say about it, and find Stephen King's 'The Outsider' through the OneCard Network: https://onecard.network/client/en_AU/prospect/search/results?qu=the+outsider%2C+king+stephen&te=&lm=LIB_PROSPECT&dt=thumb

Credits: - Music: "I dunno" by grapes, 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

We chat all about The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge - a feminist gothic read:

'Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances - her search for clues uncovers a strange tree. Whisper a lie to the tree, and the fruit, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered.'

Wanna read along? You'll find the eBook and physical copies on our catalogue: https://onecard.network/client/en_AU/prospect/search/results?qu=the+lie+tree&te=&dt=list&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle&rw=

Credits: - Music: "I dunno" by grapes, 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

The team get chatty about a classic. A modern retelling of Shakespeare against the background of a prison, Margaret Atwood's 'Hagseed' sees The Tempest played by hardened criminals with lots of drama and intrigue thrown in to boot.

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Credits: - Music: "I dunno" by grapes, 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

If you could change your destiny anytime you wanted, how would you commit to a future? The team discuss Ida, by Alison Evans. If you're into speculative fantasy then you're gonna love this one!

As a bonus, we'll also tell you our favourite ever books and authors to inspire your Summer reading.

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Credits: - Music: "I dunno" by grapes, 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

This month we discuss 'Solar Bones' by Mike McCormack. Widely celebrated, the Irish novel was long listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, and winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, along with many other accolades. This was our most polarising read yet.

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Credits: - Music: "I dunno" by grapes, 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

"Beware a calm surface—you never know what lies beneath."

'Into the Water' by Paula Hawkins was the topic of the podcast this episode. Listen to us chat about the intriguing thriller by author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Girl on a Train.

Says Hawkins in an interview with Goodreads: "There are many different narrative threads to Into the Water; they didn't all occur to me at once. What I started with was the idea of writing about a familial relationship—I chose sisters—that has been deeply and irrevocably affected by something that happened to them when they were young. I wanted to examine the way we remember our childhoods, the stories we tell about ourselves and our families, and to find out what happens when those stories might not be true."

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Credits: - Music: "I dunno" by grapes, 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)