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y separately published work icon Sharp Shooter single work   novel   crime   detective   humour  
Is part of Tara Sharp Marianne Delacourt , 2009 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Sharp Shooter
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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.)

Notes

  • Dedication: To the real Smitty, with love. And to Nicci Whitehouse, my beloved sis.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Arena , 2009 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 313p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: September 2009
      ISBN: 9781741759310 (pbk.)
    • Yokine, Stirling area, Northern Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Twelfth Planet Press , 2016 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 278p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2016

      ISBN: 9781922101327

Works about this Work

Women's Crime Fiction : 2010 Davitt Award Winners Tanya King-Carmichael , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 22 no. 2 2010;
[Review] Sharp Shooter Lucy Meredith , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel
Comic Crime With Female Private Eye Fiona Purdon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 25)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Sharp Shooter Shelley Orchard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel
Prime Time for Crime Reading Jeff Popple , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross Mark Dapin , 2009 single work novel
Prime Time for Crime Reading Jeff Popple , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross Mark Dapin , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Sharp Shooter Shelley Orchard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel
Comic Crime With Female Private Eye Fiona Purdon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 25)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Sharp Shooter Lucy Meredith , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Sharp Shooter Marianne Delacourt , 2009 single work novel
Women's Crime Fiction : 2010 Davitt Award Winners Tanya King-Carmichael , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 22 no. 2 2010;
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