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'On 11 November 1982, police were called to a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne.
In the lounge room of an otherwise ordinary brick veneer home, they found a five-year-old boy lying on the carpet.
His arms were by his sides, his palms flat. The paramedics could see no obvious signs of trauma other than an almost imperceptible indentation to the boy's skull, but he died the next day. The boy's mother said a man had attacked her son on the way back from the shops but few people were surprised when she and her boyfriend went to prison for the crime.
Police declared themselves satisfied that justice had been done. And yet, for years, rumours swept the estate and clung like cobwebs to the long-vacant house: there had been a cover-up. The real perpetrator, at least according to local gossip, was the boy's six-year-old sister, Lauren...' Source: www.randomhouse.com.au/ (Sighted 01/10/2009).
Notes
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Dedication: For Katie
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Epigraph: I see you in the sky above
In the tall grass
In the ones I love
-Bob Dylan
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Quiet Questions
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 63)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Haunted by a Child, Terrified by Gangland's Mr Big
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 November 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
Criminal Technique
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 4 no. 10 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel ; Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 November 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 October 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel
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Suffer the Children
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 25 October 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 October 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 November 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Criminal Technique
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 4 no. 10 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel ; Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
Haunted by a Child, Terrified by Gangland's Mr Big
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 November 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
Telling Truth Through Fiction
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 September 2009; (p. 6) -
Learning How to Fake It
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 October 2009; (p. 20-21)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Melbourne - Outer West / North West, Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1980s