- Title:
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The Holiday Murders (MP3)
- Written by:
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Robert Gott
- Read by:
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James Millar
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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9 hours 34 minutes
- MP3 size:
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401 MB
- Published:
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September 01 2015
- Available Date:
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September 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486299614
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
'A spell-binding, fast-paced story ... [that] romps along at a rollicking pace ... Anyone who enjoys curling up in front of the television to watch Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse or Phryne Fisher will relish Gott's work.'
The Courier Mail
On Christmas Eve, 1943, the newly formed but undermanned Homicide division of the Melbourne police force is called to investigate the vicious double murder of a father and son. When Military Intelligence becomes involved, Homicide's Inspector Titus Lambert must unravel the personal from the political.
If only the killings had stopped at two. The police are desperate to come to grips with an extraordinary and disquieting upsurge of violence. For Constable Helen Lord, it is an opportunity to make her mark in a male-dominated world where she is patronised as a novelty. For Detective Joe Sable, the investigation forces a reassessment of his indifference to his Jewish heritage. Racing against the clock, the police uncover simmering tensions among secretive local Nazi sympathisers as a psychopathic fascist usurper makes his move.
The Holiday Murders explores a little-known and sometimes violent corner of Australian history, and finds oddly modern echoes in its paranoia, xenophobia, and ugly fervour.
'Aficionados of all that's hard-boiled will thrill to the frisson.'
The Australian Financial Review
'Gott's new book is as close to perfect as a mystery can be.'
The Sunday Age
'The Holiday Murders offers everything you could want in a crime novel: tension, intrigue, complex characters (both male and female) and a powerful social context.'
The Herald Sun