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'She stared into the speckled mirror, wondering how she had come to this. How could she, Holly Love, apple of her parents' eye, competent manipulator of invoices in Gorgon Office Supplies, have ended up alone and starving in a dead man's flat?
'How indeed? Most reluctant heroines would throw in the towel at this point. But Holly Love is made of sterner stuff. She's sworn to track down the cheating swine who ripped her life apart, and make him pay. But as she tries to keep her head in the face of a bizarre mystery, a gloomy old house, a hearse-driving Elvis impersonator and a gang of vengeful thugs - not to mention a garrulous and possibly possessed parrot - Holly is forced to come to terms with a great truth. However bad things seem, they can always get worse.'
(From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: Heartfelt thanks to my daughter Kate Rowe for her joyful and useful research on everything from snake keepers to psychic counsellors, to my good friends Ruth and Steve Moline for their generous encouragement, and to my dear, witty husband, Bob Ryan, for laughing as he listened to every chapter as it was written, and for providing the title that began it all.
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Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Crime Can Pay
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 August 2012; (p. 15) -
Magical Mystery Tours
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Golden Door 2011 single work children's fiction ; Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel ; Deltora Quest 2000 series - author children's fiction -
[Review] Love, Honour and O'Brien
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 51)
— Review of Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 - 26 June 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Ottoman Motel 2011 single work novel ; Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel
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[Review] Love, Honour and O'Brien
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May vol. 90 no. 8 2011; (p. 42)
— Review of Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 - 26 June 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Ottoman Motel 2011 single work novel ; Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel -
[Review] Love, Honour and O'Brien
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 51)
— Review of Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel -
Magical Mystery Tours
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Golden Door 2011 single work children's fiction ; Love, Honour and O'Brien 2011 single work novel ; Deltora Quest 2000 series - author children's fiction -
Mystery in the Mountains
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May vol. 90 no. 8 2011; (p. 47) -
Crime Can Pay
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 August 2012; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,