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The Barrakee Mystery
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'Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? — What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? — Who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? — This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well – mixed blood and divided loyalties.' (Source: Goodreads website)
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Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
Deadly Audiobooks Down Under
2004-2005
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column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 49-50) -
Just the Facts : Death Imitates Art
2004-2005
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column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 46-49) -
Filling 'Terra Nullius': Bony in the Deathspace
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 108-112) Investigating Arthur Upfield : A Centenary Collection of Critical Essays 2012; (p. 92-99) -
Babies in the Deathspace : Psychic Identity in Australian Fiction and Autobiography
1996-1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer vol. 56 no. 4 1996-1997; (p. 19-36)
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Novels I Think You Would Like To Read
1929
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 20 May vol. 1 no. 6 1929; (p. 176-177)
— Review of The Barrakee Mystery 1929 single work novel ; Return Ticket 1929 single work novel -
Recent Fiction
1929
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 June 1929; (p. 6)
— Review of The Barrakee Mystery 1929 single work novel Also reviews Murder by the Clock by American crime writer Rufus King. -
Untitled
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 21 February 1930; (p. 3)
— Review of The Barrakee Mystery 1929 single work novel ; The House of Cain 1928 single work novel -
Just the Facts : Death Imitates Art
2004-2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 46-49) -
Deadly Audiobooks Down Under
2004-2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 49-50) -
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
Filling 'Terra Nullius': Bony in the Deathspace
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 108-112) Investigating Arthur Upfield : A Centenary Collection of Critical Essays 2012; (p. 92-99) -
Babies in the Deathspace : Psychic Identity in Australian Fiction and Autobiography
1996-1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer vol. 56 no. 4 1996-1997; (p. 19-36)
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