John Martin: 14 books

If the Tasmanian Tiger really is extinct, how come it won't go away in this bundle of three funny novels? If you like finding a quirky character behind every corner, you are in danger of enjoying this collection. You are in serious danger of enjoyment you like a dash of mystery with...

FUNNY COLUMNS TO MAKE YOU SMILE . . . If you need to find out how to turn teapot cosies into fashion accessories, this is the book for you. This is a collection of funny columns that have appeared in various Australian newspapers and on John Martin's website. John Martin is better known these...

Don't laugh, this is serious. This time the magician needs to make himself disappear. Hobart has lost its innocence with the opening of Australia's first legal casino in 1974, and the quota of large swaggering men in dark suits, dark shirts, dark hats and white ties is on the rise. When...

No-one believed the town drunk when he claimed to have been woken up by an extinct animal in a bus shelter in the middle of the night ... But they are listening to him now in this funny prequel! The greedy Mayor seems to be the only one who has a problem with the drunk's new celebrity. Who...

When two old men and an Irishman indulge in some secret doggy business in order to save the Tasmanian Tiger, the greedy Mayor isn't happy. But that's normal. The old bugger is never happy. Lie of the Tiger is part of the Windy Mountain Tasmanian Tiger series but it has a story all of...

Two old men go from being unlikely tourists to becoming unlikely sleuths with hilarious results as crime meets farce. The Mayor is missing in this funny novel ... someone is stealing important landmarks ... and the Tasmanian Tiger starts being elusive once again. Blokes on a Plane is...

Who better than two ex-cons to catch a criminal? It would be easier on Moose and Joffa though if they knew who the bad guy really was! Farce meets crime in this novel. When a garden ornament goes missing, the new partners of the Tasmanian Tiger Museum get sucked into the mystery that...

James Demetrian never imagined that earning a college diploma and beginning a career would trap him in a lifetime of subterfuge.  After receiving a degree in electrical engineering James starts his employment in the energy industry at a large Gulf Coast refinery.   While settling into his new life...

We are all in search of something. For many that something is nothing more than direction and encouragement. A word or a phrase here or there that helps us to focus, pause and consider. The world needs to be a kinder, gentler place, and who among us doesn’t look for hope on some front? The...

One Left of L is about people, relationships and the opportunity to see and understand both very differently. If you relate to others, intimately, socially, or professionally you will find One Left of L to be helpful, freeing and full of insight. You will never see yourself or those you relate to...

If you knew savage rats were lurking in the tunnel, would you run into it? What if it was the only way to escape to freedom in time to witness the birth of your first child? This is the dilemma that Ralph Whistler faces in this dark comedy. What started as a relaxing day out ends...

Under Pressure is a very simple book that asks the reader some basic questions about their life, their upbringing, and their point of view. Permission is offered to be new and different, and used to see life through new glasses. Permission will allow the reader to move forward in very different ways. Relationships will change as insight grows and permission is understood.

When a strange helicopter starts buzzing the shearing shed where he is housing 12 illegal immigrants, Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe jumps to conclusions in this biting satire. Nothing new about that for this misogynistic, racist and clueless Englishman, who has made Australia his home and armed...

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian John C Martin tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history.  At eighteen...