Miranda Devine's newly released 'Laptop from Hell' is a magisterial recounting of Hunter Biden's misadventures, corruption and the astonishing extent to which he has traded on his father's influence. Not, mind you, that the current US President is any better when it comes lies and self-interest. The fruit, as they say, seldom falls far from the tree

The Greeks’ Furies would be kinder than Patsy Millett in outing Mary Durack’s torments and tormenters, for there are enough grenades in her engrossing family saga to sustain a 100-year war among the upper reaches of Perth society. For starters, there is poor Mary’s thankless marriage to brutish pioneer aviator Horrie Miller. After that, the aired linen is even more soiled