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Author:agent Angela Savage

Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Teardrop Tattoos

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'In this award-winning short story set in Melbourne, Australia, an anonymous narrator is released from prison into public housing near a child care centre. When she receives a complaint about her dog, a restricted breed, she blames a mother whose infant attends the centre. Acquiring disguises from the local op shop, she stalks the mother and sets about plotting a terrible revenge for the loss of her dog.' (Publication summary)

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Publisher: Angela Savage

Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Angela Savage , 2012 .

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Extent: 13p.

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Published 30 September 2012

ISBN: 9780987419309, 0987419307 (Mixed Media, E-Book, Online Resource)
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y Crime Scenes : Stories Zane Lovitt (editor), Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2016 9594377 2016 anthology short story crime Abstract
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y The Scarlet Stiletto : 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice Lindy Cameron (editor), Bittern : Clan Destine Press , 2023 27388732 2023 anthology short story crime Abstract
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'Thirty years of whispered threats and tangled plots, of murder and mayhem.
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'Celebrate this great competition's 30th anniversary with the gorgeous pearls that are the Scarlet Stiletto's First Prize winners, from 1994 to 2023, and discover why it's criminal what a girl has to do, to get a good read.' (Publication summary)
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