Good Murder : a William Power mystery / Robert Gott
- Bib ID:
- 8037966
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gott, Robert, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- VIC : Scribe Publications, 2004
- Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2004
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- File Characteristics:
- text file EPUB 475KB
- ISBN:
- 9781922072122 (EPUB : : :)
- Series:
- William Power.
- Summary:
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It's 1942, and war is raging in Europe and in the Pacific. The Japanese army is on Australia's doorstep, and the small coastal Queensland town of Maryborough is on full war footing. What they are not prepared for is the arrival in the town of a troupe of incompetent actors whose unjustifiably self-confident leader, William Power, is determined to bring his daring production of Titus Andronicus to the barbarians of rural Australia. Unfortunately for the Power Players, the only gift William Power has is a capacity for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a young woman goes missing and is found floating dead in the town's water supply, Power becomes the prime suspect in her murder. With every misplaced step he takes, he becomes more and more embroiled in a series of crimes which baffle the police and horrify the locals. Having no confidence in the constabulary, Power decides that his only option is to solve the crimes himself. His acting skills are not good; his detection skills are worse. As he stumbles towards a solution and as his injuries mount up, he never wavers in his belief that he alone can bring the killer to justice. But, with every day that passes, he tightens the noose around his own neck until, on the night of a violent storm, everything changes. And not for the better. PRAISE FOR ROBERT GOTT 'Elegantly rendered in a kind of high literary pastiche, Good Murder is a brilliant debut.' The Weekend Australian 'No sooner than our weekend papers have started to pronounce a crisis of Oz Lit than along comes this absolute gem of a debut novel, a comic crime caper of the first order! Gott ... has created a fully realised fictional world here that combines careful plotting with a fine sense of pace to deliver a completely satisfying read - and in William Power a most memorable comic creation! And as a wordsmith and stylist Gott has few equals I suspect ...' Readings Newsletter.
- Full contents:
- About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Disclaimer; Cast of Characters; Contents; Map of Maryborough; Epigraph; Book One; 1 making an entrance; 2 in the wrong place; 3 at the wrong time; 4 so many questions; 5 so few answers; 6 meeting charlotte; Book Two; 7 freedom and capture; 8 unpleasant encounters; 9 soupe du jour; 10 betrayal; 11 wild night; 12 errors of judgement; 13 judgement of errors.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- Awards:
- Winner, Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book, APA 53rd Book Design Awards.
- Subject:
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- World War (1939-1945)
- Australian fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Murder -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Australia
- Crime & mystery
- Fiction - Historical
- Fiction - Humorous
- Fiction / Crime
- FICTION|Crime|
- FICTION|Historical|
- FICTION|Humorous|
- FICTION|Mystery & Detective|
- HUMOR|
- Humour
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- Murder
- Australian
- Genre/Form:
- Electronic books
- Other authors/contributors:
- Scribe
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2004
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