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Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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The Betrayal
North Sydney
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Random House Australia
Bantam Australia
,
2012
Z1852634
2012
single work
novel
crime
'Tasmania is in the grip of one of the longest, bleakest winters on record and it's particularly icy at the Hobart Police Station. Of the many golden rules in policing, one is especially sacred: what happens at work stays at work.
'So when a naive young constable, Lucy Howard, makes an allegation of sexual assault against a respected colleague, the rule is well and truly broken.
'Soon the station is divided. From Lucy's fellow rookies right up to the commissioner himself - everyone must take a side. With grudges, prejudices and hidden agendas coming into play, support arrives from the unlikeliest of corners.
'But so too does betrayal ...' (From the publisher's website.)
- 2013 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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The Brotherhood
North Sydney
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Bantam Australia
,
2011
Z1797283
2011
single work
novel
crime
'When Sergeant John White, mentor, saviour and all-round good guy, is murdered during a routine call-out, the tight-knit world of Tasmania Police is rocked to the core.
An already difficult investigation into the death of one of their own becomes steeped in political complexities when the main suspect is identified as Aboriginal and the case, courtesy of the ever-hostile local media, looks set to make Palm Island resemble a Sunday afternoon picnic in comparison.
And as the investigation unfolds through the eyes of the sergeant's colleagues, friends, family, enemies and the suspect himself, it becomes clear that there was a great deal more to John White - and the squeaky-clean reputation of the nation's smallest state police service - than ever met the eye.
The Brotherhood is a novel about violence, preconceptions, loyalties, corruption, betrayal and the question a copper should never need to ask: just who can you trust?' (Publisher's blurb)
- 2012 joint winner Davitt Award — Readers' Choice Award Joint winner with Jaye Ford's Beyond Fear.
- 2012 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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