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'When reclusive former rock-star Andrew “The Lizard” Zirk accepts an invitation to a rock and roll party in honour of Australia’s nastiest, sleaziest, crudest and most successful musician, Sydney Melbourne, he little realises he has just started a new career as Australia’s most successful crime sleuth. Before his Fender has squealed its first note in anger, Sydney is dead of an apparent drug overdose. His long-standing roadie has provided the warm-up, zapped an hour earlier by 240 volts of deadly electricity. The suspects are stacked like 45s in an old Wurlitzer.
'Get down, get funky, it’s the Murder Hour, and your M.C., Andrew Zirk, is just about to find the Groove that will unmask the killer.'
Source: Author's website.
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Dedication: For Bernadette
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Rockin' the Detectives
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 158 2000; (p. 117-118)
— Review of Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
A La Ellroy
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
Either Way, It's in Your Face
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 January 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You 1998 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
Blood, Gore, Intrigue: It's a Healthy Scene
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of The Black Prince : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1998 single work novel ; Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel ; Black Tide 1999 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel ; Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You 1998 single work novel -
The Singing Detective
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 January 1999; (p. 9)
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Blood, Gore, Intrigue: It's a Healthy Scene
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of The Black Prince : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1998 single work novel ; Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel ; Black Tide 1999 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel ; Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You 1998 single work novel -
Either Way, It's in Your Face
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 January 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You 1998 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
Coming Soon
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 July 1998; (p. 15)
— Review of Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
A La Ellroy
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
Rockin' the Detectives
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 158 2000; (p. 117-118)
— Review of Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel -
The Singing Detective
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 January 1999; (p. 9)
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