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'A teenage girl stumbles across the body of her classmate, Tim Pieters, hidden amongst the bushes. His family is devastated, the killer is never found.
'Eighteen years later, political pressure sees the murder investigation reopened. Detective Ella Marconi tracks down Georgie Riley, the student who found the body, and who is now a paramedic. Georgie seems to be telling the truth, so then why does Ella receive an anonymous phone call insisting that Georgie knows more? And is it mere coincidence that her ambulance partner, Freya, also went to the same high school?
'Ella's confusion increases when Tim's mother, once so willing to get the police involved, suddenly turns her back on the investigation. Meanwhile, Tim's cousin, the MP whose influence reopened the case, can't seem to do enough to help.
'The more Ella digs into the past, the more the buried secrets and lies are brought to light. Can she track down the killer before more people are hurt?' (From the publisher's website.)
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Crime Writing Pays Off for Paramedic Turned Novelist
2013
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 August 2013; (p. 51) -
Katherine Howell – Author Interview
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , September 2012; -
Cold Justice
2010
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 March 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Fiction
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Matter of Trust 2010 single work novel ; Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Masters of Their Craft Set a Thrilling Pace
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2010; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Matter of Trust 2010 single work novel ; Cold Justice 2010 single work novel
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Untitled
2009
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2009-2010 vol. 89 no. 5 2009; (p. 35)
— Review of Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Take Three
2010
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— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 14 February 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Writing Sparks Strange Dreams
2010
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 March 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2010
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 March 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Gritty Realism
2010
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— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 14 February 2010; (p. 17)
— Review of Cold Justice 2010 single work novel -
Looking Deep into Darkness
2010
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— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 7 March 2010; (p. 3) -
Crime Plot Helps Heal an Ambo's Bullying Wounds
2010
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 March 2010; (p. 35) -
Katherine Howell – Author Interview
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , September 2012; -
Crime Writing Pays Off for Paramedic Turned Novelist
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 August 2013; (p. 51)
Awards
- 2011 winner Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
- 2009