The reviews are in for Quintus Huntley

Since the launch of Quintus Huntley: Botany in October, the reviews have been resoundingly positive. People all over the world are enjoying the book, and it’s becoming increasingly popular in Australia. Karen Chisholm, who runs the well-known AustCrimeFiction blog, had this to say: “Right from the get go I loved QUINTUS HUNTLEY: BOTANY. It worked…

Since the launch of Quintus Huntley: Botany in October, the reviews have been resoundingly positive. People all over the world are enjoying the book, and it’s becoming increasingly popular in Australia.

Karen Chisholm, who runs the well-known AustCrimeFiction blog, had this to say:

“Right from the get go I loved QUINTUS HUNTLEY: BOTANY. It worked on the humorous level, it worked as a piece of crime fiction out to solve some crimes, and it worked as a bit of sly social commentary. It worked because the cast of characters is brilliant, but there was more than enough plot to allow them to shine, and it worked because it was quirky and very unexpected and I now I want the next book in the series.”

Read the full review here: https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/quintus-huntley-botany-royce-leville

Will Yeoman, writing in Seesaw Magazine: “Botany is, finally, less a mystery to be solved than a mirror held up to a city – and to the fraught idea of creation itself. In exposing how art, envy and desire intertwine, Leville composes a mordant symphony of human frailty: funny, bitter, and, in its closing bars, quietly devastating.”

Read the full story here: https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2025/10/royce-leville-botany-review

Campbell Jefferys (aka Royce Leville) was interviewed about the book in X-Press Magazine: https://xpressmag.com.au/poetic-justice-cam-jefferys-introduces-a-uniquely-perth-detective-in-botany/

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Campbell Jefferys

I’m an Australian writer, journalist, lecturer and creative writing teacher. A professional writer for over twenty years, I’ve published ten books, written for newspapers and magazines around the world and twice won the Fiction category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. One of my short stories, ‘Mikelis’, was made into a short film that screened at dozens of festivals through 2016-17. In 2020, I ran the Perth Writers Salon, a five-session writing course, during the Perth Fringe Festival, following on from running the same course in 2019 at the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA). I also create content for some of the world’s biggest brands, including videos, press materials and creative copy. Apart from writing, I dabble in music and play lots of sport. I played high level basketball as a teenager, represented Australia twice at the World Age Group Championships of Triathlon, and currently play cricket in Hamburg.