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'The four children survive as best they can in a cloud of their father's lies and clear misery, dealing with their mother's absence in their own ways. But it's always been JJ's job to cause trouble, and her sleuthing wreaks havoc in their tight-knit community.
'Fourteen years on, JJ has a new life, a loving partner and a good job, but she finds herself being pulled back in to the unsolved mystery of her childhood. While pretending to have made peace with her father's dishonesty, she organises a final farewell for her mother so they can all put the past behind them. Will the tragic truth finally set them all free?
'The Serpent's Skin is a gripping, literary crime novel about male power and the secrets that can haunt a family. Most of all, it's about the many ways we prove our love.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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When Kids Want Revenge
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 July 2021; (p. 17)
— Review of Beware of Dogs 2021 single work novel ; The Silent Listener 2021 single work novel ; The Serpent's Skin 2021 single work novel -
Houses of Unreason : A Triptych of Gothic Novels
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 432 2021; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Serpent's Skin 2021 single work novel ; Other People's Houses 2021 single work novel ; Sargasso 2021 single work novel'Is it tautological to describe a work of fiction as ‘family Gothic’? After all, there’s nothing more inherently Gothic than the family politic: a hierarchical structure ruled by a patriarch, as intolerant of transgression as it is fascinated by it, sustaining itself through a clear us/them divide, all the while proclaiming, ‘The blood is the life.’ Yet three new Australian novels Gothicise the family politic by exaggerating, each to the point of melodrama, just how dangerous a family can become when its constituents turn against one another.' (Introduction)
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Houses of Unreason : A Triptych of Gothic Novels
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 432 2021; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Serpent's Skin 2021 single work novel ; Other People's Houses 2021 single work novel ; Sargasso 2021 single work novel'Is it tautological to describe a work of fiction as ‘family Gothic’? After all, there’s nothing more inherently Gothic than the family politic: a hierarchical structure ruled by a patriarch, as intolerant of transgression as it is fascinated by it, sustaining itself through a clear us/them divide, all the while proclaiming, ‘The blood is the life.’ Yet three new Australian novels Gothicise the family politic by exaggerating, each to the point of melodrama, just how dangerous a family can become when its constituents turn against one another.' (Introduction)
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When Kids Want Revenge
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 July 2021; (p. 17)
— Review of Beware of Dogs 2021 single work novel ; The Silent Listener 2021 single work novel ; The Serpent's Skin 2021 single work novel
Awards
- 2022 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2022 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel