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'A federal election campaign is thrown into chaos when a popular government minister goes missing and then turns up dead on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin.
'With Detective Darren Glass and the Australian Federal Police on the case, the investigation into the minister’s murder quickly becomes entangled in a game of high-stakes politics. And all the while, the body count mounts.
'Glass’s suspects include some of the most powerful people in the land. With the nation in shock and wanting answers fast, Glass has to negotiate a murky world of shifting allegiances, half-truths, and finger pointing, where everyone has a motive for murder.
'And no one is safe — not even the prime minister. As election day nears, Glass risks everything for a breakthrough in the case, and his life is soon hanging by a thread. But if he thought he’d hit rock bottom, he was wrong …' (Publication summary)
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[Review] Dead Cat Bounce
2013
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review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 July 2013; (p. 26)
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Dead Cat Bounce
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 31 August 2013; (p. 21)
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Crime Scene : The Dying Beach and Dead Cat Bounce
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2013;
— Review of The Dying Beach 2013 single work novel ; Dead Cat Bounce 2013 single work novel -
An Inside Job
2013
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interview
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 July 2013; (p. 10) -
Author Cops Top Eagle
2013
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column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 July (p. 6-7)
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[Untitled]
2013
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review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Dead Cat Bounce 2013 single work novel -
Inside Canberra's Political Beat, Dirty Deeds are Done on the Cheap
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 June 2013; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Dead Cat Bounce 2013 single work novel -
Death Brings Canberra Alive
2013
single work
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 June 2013; (p. 23)
— Review of Dead Cat Bounce 2013 single work novel -
Crime Scene : The Dying Beach and Dead Cat Bounce
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2013;
— Review of The Dying Beach 2013 single work novel ; Dead Cat Bounce 2013 single work novel -
Dead Cat Bounce
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 31 August 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Dead Cat Bounce 2013 single work novel -
Novel Idea Too Close to Bone
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 20-21) 'Journalist-turned-author Peter Cotton became a suspect when he asked a chief detective about how to create a realistic crime scene, writes Blanche Clark.' -
Author Cops Top Eagle
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 July (p. 6-7) -
An Inside Job
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 July 2013; (p. 10)
Awards
- 2014 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,