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'Forensic psychiatrist Natalie King works with victims and perpetrators of violent crime. Women with a history of abuse, mainly. She rides a Ducati a size too big and wears a tank top a size too small. Likes men but doesn’t want to keep one. And really needs to stay on her medication.
'Now she’s being stalked. Anonymous notes, threats, strangers loitering outside her house.
'A hostile former patient? Or someone connected with a current case? Georgia Latimer—charged with killing her three children. Travis Hardy—deadbeat father of another murdered child, with a second daughter now missing. Maybe the harassment has something to do with Crown Prosecutor Liam O’Shea—drop-dead sexy, married and trouble in all kinds of ways.
'Natalie doesn’t know. Question is, will she find out before it’s too late?
'Anne Buist, herself a leading perinatal psychiatrist, has created an edge-of-the-seat mystery with a hot new heroine—backed up by a lifetime of experience with troubled minds.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: For my parents, Greg and Jean Buist, who are so much more than 'good enough'.
And for Graeme:
it couldn't have happened without you.
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Epigraph: The curse of children's blood be on you. –EURIPIDES : Media (Trans. Philip Vellacott)
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Bipolar disorder. Type of character Primary. Point of view Third person.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Review :
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of Medea’s Curse : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2015 single work novel -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 February 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Medea’s Curse : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2015 single work novel ; Black Light 2015 single work novel -
Crime and Feminism – A Blend That Is Breathtaking
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 31) The Age , 14 February 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Eden 2014 single work novel ; Medea’s Curse : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2015 single work novel -
The Marriage Plot
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 January 2015; (p. 22-25) 'Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are Australia’s hottest literary couple, spurring on each other to keep the words – and surprises – coming.'
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Crime and Feminism – A Blend That Is Breathtaking
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 31) The Age , 14 February 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Eden 2014 single work novel ; Medea’s Curse : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2015 single work novel -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 February 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Medea’s Curse : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2015 single work novel ; Black Light 2015 single work novel -
Review :
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of Medea’s Curse : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2015 single work novel -
The Marriage Plot
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 January 2015; (p. 22-25) 'Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are Australia’s hottest literary couple, spurring on each other to keep the words – and surprises – coming.'
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2016 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel