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Nicodemus Dunne Mysteries
2009
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2009...
2009
Death and the Running Patterer
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Sydney, 1828. All is not well. One of the convict colony's soldiers had been murdered and Governor Ralph Darling is not pleased. Reluctantly, he turns to Nicodemus Dunne for help. Dunne, a fallen Bow Street Runner now transported to Australia, makes his living as a running patterer, hawking news on the dusty streets. Only he has the detective skills required to chase down the ritual killer and stop the ever-bewildering series of gruesome murders that follow the first. As he searches, Dunne joins forces with the entrancing seamstress Rachel Dormin and soon discovers that too many people, from the Governor down, have secrets worth killing for. When he gets too close to unveiling the murderer and to the secrets buried in his own past, even his life hangs in the balance. (Publisher's website)
Notes
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Dedication: For Julie
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Epigraph: Tis wonderful what fable will not do! 'Tis said it makes reality more bearable; But what's reality? Who has it's clue? -Lord Byron, Don Juan (1819-24)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Off the Shelf : Crime Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 August 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Death and the Running Patterer 2009 single work novel -
Case of Murder in the Headlines
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 July 2009; (p. 10) -
On the Trail of a Colonial Killer
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 June 2009; (p. 26-27) The Age , 20 June 2009; (p. 27)
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Off the Shelf : Crime Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 August 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Death and the Running Patterer 2009 single work novel -
On the Trail of a Colonial Killer
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 June 2009; (p. 26-27) The Age , 20 June 2009; (p. 27) -
Case of Murder in the Headlines
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 July 2009; (p. 10)
Awards
- 2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
- 2009 highly commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award
- 2009 inaugural winner Penguin's Most Wanted Award
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Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1828
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