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William Power Mystery
2004-
series - author
novel
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2007...
2007
Amongst the Dead
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Failed Shakepearean actor and would-be private investigator Will Power's unique detective skills are, once again, in demand. The Japanese army is rampaging through the islands of the South Pacific, where Australia's front line security is a top-secret, crack division of men embedded deep in the tropical wilderness of northern Australia. But something is threatening their vital, covert mission: one of this elite corps is a murderer, preying on his comrades one by one. With a case too sensitive to be trusted to the police, military intelligence turn to the one man whose singular combination of abilities make him capable of infiltrating the clandestine military operation and rooting out the killer. Power goes into deep cover, posing as a cheap, vaudeville entertainer on tour to relieve the troops. Enlisting the help of his brother, whose latent skills for female impersonation rise to the occasion, Power soon finds himself in the far-northern outback trying to raise the moral of a group of desperate young soldiers lying in wait for the arrival of Tojo's army - knowing all the while that one of them is the killer. - back cover
Notes
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Dedication: To my parents, Maurene and Kevin, for whom no number of dedications would be sufficient.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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A Murder Mystery among the Nackeroos
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 220-221)
— Review of Amongst the Dead 2007 single work novel -
This Week's Selections
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 June 2007; (p. 10)
— Review of Amongst the Dead 2007 single work novel -
Death and the Power of Two
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 May 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of Shattered 2007 single work novel ; Amongst the Dead 2007 single work novel
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Death and the Power of Two
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 May 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of Shattered 2007 single work novel ; Amongst the Dead 2007 single work novel -
This Week's Selections
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 June 2007; (p. 10)
— Review of Amongst the Dead 2007 single work novel -
A Murder Mystery among the Nackeroos
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 220-221)
— Review of Amongst the Dead 2007 single work novel
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