What people are saying about Brunswick Street Blues
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“I will re-read the Bejeezus out of this book.”
— Trash or Treasure? A podcast for readers
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“A great entry book in the Australian crime mystery genre.”
— Mrs B’s book reviews
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“Bothroyd has a talent for juggling different—personal and mystery—storylines, bringing them together as the story progresses and never letting the pace slow..”
— pop.edit.lit
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“I really can’t express how strangely delightful it is to read a book that references suburbs you spend a lot of time in, and then fills their streets with fictional crimes.”
— Fiona Hardy, Readings ‘Best new crime’
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“From Brunswick Street basements to car chases in clapped out Kombi vans, BRUNSWICK STREET BLUES will have you shrieking with shocks one minute, shrieking with laughter the next. Probably best not to be read on public transport.”
— Richard Cotter, Sydney Arts Guide
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“Filled with witty dialogue, a page-turning mystery and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, Brunswick Street Blues is a cracking debut that takes readers on a wild romp through the streets of Melbourne. Let’s hope this is only the start of Brick Brown’s adventures.”
— Better Reading
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“Bothroyd has written a snappy, unabashedly lowbrow comic romp that - with pulpy tropes and silly character names, witty one-liners and street-smart heroine - comes across as an urban Australian take on the genre Janet Evanovich made her own.”
— Cameron Woodhead, The Age & Sydney Morning Herald
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“Brunswick Street Blues is deeply embedded in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, in scruffy, grungy urban terrain familiar from Peter Temple's Jack Irish novels.”
— Mark Thomas, The Canberra Times
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“Featuring feisty bartender and part time investigator Brick Brown, Brunswick Street Blues is a quick moving and entertaining story about dodgy developers and murder.”
—Murder Mayhem and Longdogs