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'A man has come off the Manly Ferry and Detective Nicholas Troy investigates but he is distracted. His mentor Father Luke Corelli has been accused of abusing a young boy years before. To Troy's dismay he's not denying the charge and nor is the Catholic Church trying to defend his name. Troy's ambitious and attractive colleague Susan Conti is newly single and his eccentric boss, Jon McIver, would rather be singing the blues than following leads.
'In another part of Sydney, successful bureaucrat Leila Scott's mother has bone cancer. She asks for help to die and Leila seeks the advice of a voluntary euthanasia group. She finds herself caught up in a police investigation when Troy comes across members of the group and begins to suspect voluntary euthanasia is being used as an excuse for something much darker. As Troy digs deeper into both cases, feeling instinctively that they are somehow connected, he realises that morality and the law might not always follow the same path. And that there is no such thing as a simple death.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: For Trevor Bailey
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Epigraph:Don't die, Dad-
but they die.
-Les Murray, 'The Last Hellos'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Busy Bodies
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-24 April 2011; (p. 33)
— Review of Prime Cut 2011 single work novel ; The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Trojan Abyss
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 329 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Fall from Ferry Exposes Secrets
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 February 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 January 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2010-2011 vol. 90 no. 5 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel
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Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 January 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2010-2011 vol. 90 no. 5 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Fall from Ferry Exposes Secrets
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 February 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Trojan Abyss
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 329 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of The Simple Death 2011 single work novel -
Busy Bodies
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-24 April 2011; (p. 33)
— Review of Prime Cut 2011 single work novel ; The Simple Death 2011 single work novel
- Sydney, New South Wales,