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The unsolved murder of a mother and daughter; a father in denial; a lover who knows too much and a boy who speaks with the dead...[A] macabre tale of the inestimable cruelty of the human heart and the infinite power of the human psyche. - back cover
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Dedication: For Joel
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Author's note: While the characters and events depicted in this novel are fictitious, all documents relating to the peculiar circumstances surrounding the spiritualist activities of the Fox Sisters of Hydesville, New York state, are authentic. - frontmatter
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- Also braille, sound recording, large print.
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The Scary Tale Looks for a Family : Gary Crew's 'Gothic Hospital' and Sonya Hartnett's 'The Devil's Latch'
2008
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criticism
— Appears in: The Gothic in Children's Literature : Haunting the Borders 2008; (p. 131-143) -
Deadly Audiobooks Down Under
2004-2005
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column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 49-50) -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 47 no. 2 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 23)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel -
Adrift in a World, or Worlds, Apart
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2002; (p. 5)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 47 no. 2 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 40)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel -
Mystery that One Can't Stop Reading, but with Flaws
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2002; (p. 17)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel -
Criminal Pleasures
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 245 2002; (p. 54-55)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel ; Murder in Montparnasse 2002 single work novel ; Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing 2002 single work novel -
Adrift in a World, or Worlds, Apart
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2002; (p. 5)
— Review of The Diviner's Son 2002 single work novel -
The Scary Tale Looks for a Family : Gary Crew's 'Gothic Hospital' and Sonya Hartnett's 'The Devil's Latch'
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Gothic in Children's Literature : Haunting the Borders 2008; (p. 131-143) -
Deadly Audiobooks Down Under
2004-2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 49-50) -
A Passion for the Frisson of the Macabre
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2002; (p. 17) -
The Diviner's Son by Gary Crew
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 29)
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