A great mystery, Colours of Death kept me intrigued and guessing until the very end. Great well-crafted characters made this a favorite!

A rainbow of death...literally. I loved this idea. Each story is tied to a different color of the rainbow. It doesn't feel forced, like I was afraid it would. The stories were captivating, and each one was unique with enough twists to keep you reading. This is definitely worth a re-read, to see if I can pick up on any clues now that I know what happens. I highly recommend if you love mysteries.

Colours of Death is a collection of 9 police procedural short fiction stories set in Australia. Released 1st July 2019, written by Robert New, it's 244 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats.

I enjoy intelligently written procedurals and this is a collection of 9 short and satisfying examples of the craft. The main character, Detective Sergeant Brad Thomas, is refreshingly normal, intelligent and well spoken, in a healthy relationship with his fiancée, Amy. The stories are loosely tied together by a theme of colour, the abnormal bruising of victims (Black Death), the physical appearance of the perpetrator (Fear the Red Man), and on through the rest of the colour spectrum.

All of the stories are well written and competently plotted and paced. The characters are finely drawn with believable internal motivations. The writing style is simple and easy to read with some interestingly complex technical plot devices.

Written and set in Australia, the language and spelling are Antipodean, but the meanings are perfectly understandable in context. The language is fairly clean, with a very few instances of cursing, also used in context. There is no sexual content, and one plot which revolves around a self inflicted gunshot wound (not written in a triggering manner).

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Enjoyable read. Four stars.

A good collection of interesting stories. I struggled with a rating for this, based on the fluctuating ratings of each story. So I'm going to do an average. Some stories were much better than others!

I like how this collection of short mysteries have them connected through the characters. The mysteries require brain power of the detectives because the antics of the perpetrators are clever as well. I

BRAD BEATS SHERLOCK! I really like how mysteries are solved by brain power, and the perpetrators are rather clever, too. But not enough.
The book is well written, with excellent characters, and I also like the format. By having several short stories, one can easily fit reading into a stressful life.

I wasn't sure whether I would like this book, and I did. It was very intriguing and different series of short stories with the characters connected in each. A police procedure incorporating some very novel ideas in ways people die.
I really enjoyed it and found that I couldn't put it down until the end - a long night was had by me.
Looking forward to the next instalment.

Colours of Death has a collection of nine interesting stories that are creative. I enjoyed these stories and the characters.

I enjoyed reading this book. It had a good story to it. I liked the variety of characters in it. It is my first book read by his author. I hope to read more books by this author.