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'Hal Challis is 1000 kilometres away from the Peninsula, watching his father die. Ellen Destry is left to mind his house for a month. And his job.
'Katie Blasko, aged nine, has disappeared. Ellen fears abduction-the Peninsula is sleepy, picturesque, prosperous, but she suspects the existence of a paedophile ring. Superintendent McQuarrie scoffs: the girl came from the Seaview Estate, notorious for broken homes and truancy. Ellen's team investigates. They find suspects, but an officer is murdered and his witness discredited. They find DNA evidence, but the sample is contaminated. Who can Ellen trust, when lawyers, judges and police officers might be involved?
'Meanwhile, Challis feels out of time and place in the remote outback town of his youth. Past failures haunt him; his father is dying slowly and bitterly; and Homicide Squad detectives have arrived from the city to question his sister about a murder. Challis can cope with being warned off. He can cope with his father. But soon the past catches with him.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Crux
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Chain of Evidence
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , April no. 338 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
Case of the Warm and Fuzzies
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 2 no. 6 2007; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Dragon Man 1999 single work novel ; KittyHawk Down 2003 single work novel ; Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel ; Murray Whelan Mysteries 1994- series - author novel ; Jack Irish 1996 series - author novel ; The Broken Shore 2005 single work novel -
Bumbling Cops with a Streak of Revenge
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 May 2007; (p. 9)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 April 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
Mysteries Unravel as Challis Heads Home
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 March 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel
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The True Crimes of Fact and Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 February 2007; (p. 9)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
[Review] Chain of Evidence
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 86 no. 6 2007; (p. 38)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
Test of Character as Destry Rides Again
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 March 2007; (p. 24)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
Mysteries Unravel as Challis Heads Home
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 March 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 April 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Chain of Evidence 2007 single work novel
Awards
- Mid North South Australia, South Australia,
- Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Victoria,