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'When journalist Louise Kramer hires Cliff Hardy to find Billie Marchant, Hardy heads for unfamiliar territory of the far southwestern suburbs of Sydney. Billie claims to have information about media big-wheel Jonas Clement - the subject of an incriminating expose by Kramer. Clement doesn't want Billie found and Clement's enemies want to find her first.
'Hardy tracks Billie down, but 'saving Billie' means not only rescuing her, it means saving her from herself. Billie, ex-stripper, sometime hooker and druggie, is a handful. Hardy gets help from members of the Pacific islander community and others, but the enemies close in and he is soon fighting on several different fronts.
Clement and his chief rival, Barclay Greaves, have heavies in the field, and Hardy has to negotiate his way through their divided loyalties. Some negotiations involve cunning but others involve guns. The action takes place against the backdrop of the Federal election campaign, and all outcomes are uncertain.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Bradon and Trish.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Crime File
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 February 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Saving Billie 2005 single work novel ; Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel 2006 single work novel ; The Apricot Colonel 2006 single work novel ; The Berlin Cross 2005 single work novel -
Skim
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 February vol. 124 no. 6507 2006; (p. 68-69)
— Review of Saving Billie 2005 single work novel ; The Summons 2006 single work novel -
Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 December 2005; (p. 30)
— Review of Saving Billie 2005 single work novel
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Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 December 2005; (p. 30)
— Review of Saving Billie 2005 single work novel -
Skim
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 February vol. 124 no. 6507 2006; (p. 68-69)
— Review of Saving Billie 2005 single work novel ; The Summons 2006 single work novel -
Crime File
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 February 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Saving Billie 2005 single work novel ; Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel 2006 single work novel ; The Apricot Colonel 2006 single work novel ; The Berlin Cross 2005 single work novel
Awards
- 2006 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 2004