AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'Pat Carson’s old eyes were on me, looking for something.
‘Man is born unto trouble,’ he said.
I said, ‘As the sparks fly upwards.’
Deep lines at the corners of his mouth. ‘Know your Job. Soldier. Policeman. Haven’t been a bloody priest too, have you?’
'Anne Carson: fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted.
'The rich Carsons have closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder, subject to strict instructions. This is not the first kidnapping in the Carson family and hard lessons have been learned.
'But are the two events connected? And is greed the motivation? Revenge? Or could it be something else? To find out, Frank Calder must go beyond his brief.
'And his every step into the darkness may end a girl’s life.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Text ed.).
Notes
-
Dedication : For Nicholas - with thanks for all the joy.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
-
Books That Changed Me : David Whish-Wilson
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 October 2013; (p. 12) -
Australian Crime Fiction
2004-2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5) -
Afraid of the Dark
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; The Taken 1997 single work novel ; Dilemma 1999 single work novel ; The Other Side of Sorrow : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1999 single work novel -
Cleverness Among the Gunfire
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2000; (p. 14)
— Review of The Coroner's Conscience : A Murder Mystery 1999 single work novel ; Temple 1999 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel -
Summer Blazers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title)
-
Summer Blazers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title) -
Still Arresting, 30 Years On
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 7 November 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Dilemma 1999 single work novel -
Shooting for Thrills
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 November 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of Shooting Star 1999 single work novel -
Cleverness Among the Gunfire
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2000; (p. 14)
— Review of The Coroner's Conscience : A Murder Mystery 1999 single work novel ; Temple 1999 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel -
Afraid of the Dark
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; The Taken 1997 single work novel ; Dilemma 1999 single work novel ; The Other Side of Sorrow : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1999 single work novel -
Australian Crime Fiction
2004-2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5) -
Books That Changed Me : David Whish-Wilson
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 October 2013; (p. 12)
Awards
Last amended 19 May 2020 08:41:14
Export this record