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Sydney 1965. The Beatles are on every radio, and Detective Ray Shearer’s on the take. Shearer acts as muscle for Kings Cross businessman George Shaloub. George has problems. He wants to knock down some terraces in the Cross to build a business centre, but heiress and local newspaper publisher Jenny Wilson is running a high-profile campaign against him. Then one of his prostitutes is found murdered a copycat killing of an horrific rape and murder six years earlier. This is just the beginning of the nightmare: the underworld of cops and crims, arson, drugs and a maelstrom of violence and deceit; of long-hidden secrets that will drive Shearer into a labyrinth of shame, guilt and hate. Only by confronting his own dark secrets can he succeed.
Source: Author's website [https://davewarner.com.au/products/big-bad-blood].
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my wife, Nicole.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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A Cut Above the Burbs
2000
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 2000; (p. 5) -
Big Bad Blood
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 27 January-23 February no. 14 1997; (p. 35)
— Review of Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
Crooked Cops in Sleazy '60s Sydney
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 April vol. 116 no. 6066 1997; (p. 75)
— Review of Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
Novel Cops No Longer the Really Good Guys
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 March 1997; (p. 20)
— Review of Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
Prime Crime: A Message from the Suburbs
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 March 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel ; Shoot the Messenger 1997 single work novel
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Big Bad Blood
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 27 January-23 February no. 14 1997; (p. 35)
— Review of Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
Murder, They Said
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 February 1997; (p. wkd 10)
— Review of Bad Debts 1996 single work novel ; Shoot the Messenger 1997 single work novel ; Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
Young Gun Kicks On
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 July 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of The Washington Club : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1997 single work novel ; Shoot the Messenger 1997 single work novel ; Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel ; Fallout 1997 single work novel -
Not Your Average Crime Fiction
1997
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 64)
— Review of To A Wolf The Kill 1997 single work novel ; Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
Smells Like a Big Bad Bestseller
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 February 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of Big Bad Blood 1996 single work novel -
A Cut Above the Burbs
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 2000; (p. 5) -
Boy from the 'Burbs Embraces Crime
1997
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 March vol. 116 no. 6062 1997; (p. 82)
- Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1960s