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Good Reading : April 2017
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CRIME / THRILLER Winter Traffic tephen Greenall R th fo go of a de be sta le de AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR awson is a legend on the force, a cop of such stature that he is respected by peers and foes alike. At least he was, until he got heavily in debt on account of gambling, drug addiction and a lifestyle that would be best described as gritty. Now he has been teamed up with a hot new star on the rise, Karen Millar, an ambitious and very capable detective looking to solve the murder of Justice Koestler, a case from a few years back with a trail that is starting to go cold. Sutton is a fixer, a man who can sort out and clear up any messes that may arise. He used to work for drug dealer Chris Slane, but they had a falling out. He now helps his mate Rawson fix problems that come up from time to time, and in Rawson’s case there are more problems than not lately. But Sutton is holding on to a dark secret of his own; he knows what really happened to the train-wreck love of Rawson’s life, Kristy, and he hasn’t told Rawson – yet. An experiment with both style and language, Stephen Greenall’s novel is successful to a point. The unique chapter structure begins at an ending, counting down to the middle of the novel, where the detectives piece together the disparate sections of the evidence trail. From there is moves forward to the next section as they work towards identifying the killer in the cold case and trace the origins back to an even older, more despicable crime – the murder of a child. These convoluted threads unwind over the concluding chapters towards a conclusion that is far from inevitable. This is a literary detective novel that goes well beyond the usual parameters of the gent reader will be rewarded and the story will keep readers guessing until the end. ★★★ Text $29.99 Reviewed by David Johnson About Stephen Greenall Stephen Greenall was born in Moree in 1976. His writing has appeared in Overland and he won the 2014 NSW Writers Centre Varuna Fellowship. Winter Traffic is his first novel and was commended in the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. The Truth Wasn’t Buried Deep enough … Melbourne journalist Georgie Harvey and Daylesford cop John Franklin are back in conflict when her assignment in wildfireravaged Bullock and a crime spree in Daylesford connect and Georgie uncovers the terrible truth about the fire. By the winner of the 2015 Davitt Award Readers’ Choice sandiwallace.com ATLAS PRODUCTIONS
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