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'Tara Sharp should be just another unemployable, twenty-something, ex-private schoolgirl . . . but she has the gift - or curse as she sees it - of reading people's auras. The trouble is, auras sometimes tell you things about people they don't want you to know.
When a family friend recommends Mr Hara's Paralanguage School, Tara decides to give it a whirl - and graduates with flying colours. So when Mr Hara picks up passes on a job for a hot-shot lawyer she jumps at the chance despite some of his less-than-salubrious clients.
Tara should know better than to get involved when she learns the job involves mob boss Johnny Vogue. But she's broke and the magic words "retainer" and "bonus" have been mentioned. Soon Tara finds herself sucked into an underworld 'situation' that has her running for her life. Sharp Shooter is a hilarious, action-packed novel and Tara Sharp is Triple F: Funny. Fast. Feisty.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To the real Smitty, with love. And to Nicci Whitehouse, my beloved sis.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Women's Crime Fiction : 2010 Davitt Award Winners
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 22 no. 2 2010; -
[Review] Sharp Shooter
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel -
Comic Crime With Female Private Eye
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Sharp Shooter
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel -
Prime Time for Crime Reading
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel
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Prime Time for Crime Reading
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Sharp Shooter
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel -
Comic Crime With Female Private Eye
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Sharp Shooter
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel -
Women's Crime Fiction : 2010 Davitt Award Winners
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 22 no. 2 2010;
Awards
- 2010 winner Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
- Perth, Western Australia,