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'Adam discovers a body buried in a silage pit. Is it one of the teenage girls who went missing from Falcon Ridge six years ago?
'And where is the author of the diary Adam finds in the old farmhouse? Some locals are willing to do anything to get their hands on the missing pages. Will Adam be able to piece together the mystery in time to save himself?
'Murderer's Thumb is a novel about what happens when outsiders uncover secrets that have been hidden for too long.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Reading Group Guide available through the Text Publishing website.
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One of the 250 books chosen for the 2009 White Ravens Selection. (The list honours outstanding new international books for children and young adults and is chosen by the Internationale Jugend Bibliothek.)
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[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
Beth Montgomery
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 6) -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 43)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 15 November no. 46 2008; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 16 no. 4 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel
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Missing Persons
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 306 2008; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Goodbye Jamie Boyd 2008 single work novella ; Saltwater Moons 2008 single work novel ; Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 16 no. 4 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Murderer's Thumb
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 15 November no. 46 2008; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Murderer's Thumb 2008 single work novel -
Beth Montgomery
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 6)
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