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'On the inside, Detective Nhu 'Ned' Kelly is a mess. Stitched up after being shot, her brain's taking even longer to heal than her body. On the outside, though, she's perfect, at least as far as the top brass are concerned. Cabramatta is riding high on the new 'Asian crime wave', a nightmare of heroin, home invasions, and hits of all kinds, and the cops need a way into the world of teenaged dealers and assassins.
'They think Ned's Vietnamese heritage is the right fit but nothing in Cabra can be taken at face value. Ned doesn't speak the language and the ra choi – the lawless kids who have 'gone out to play' – are just running rings around her. The next blow could come from anywhere, or anyone. And beyond the headlines and hysteria, Ned is itching to make a play for the kingpin, the person behind it all with the money and the plan and the power.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: For Katrine and Paul
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Epigraph:
I stand in meditation before Ankor's ruins,
if stone can be so shattered, what of human life?
Oh stone,
let me inscribe a plea for peace.
In the end, every war,
whoever won, the people always lost.
Kampuchia, 1989
Nguyen Duy
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Review : Beams Falling
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2014; (p. 47)
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
Review : Beams Falling
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 365 2014; (p. 41)
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
Latest Episodes Illustrate Criminal Possibilities
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 -13 April 2014; (p. 35) The Age , 12 April 2014; (p. 35)
— Review of Fatal Impact 2014 single work novel ; Deserving Death 2014 single work novel ; Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
Drawn from the Inside
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
PM Newton : Beams Falling
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2014;
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel
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Shooting Down Stereotypes
Boundary Smudges
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 February 2014; (p. 12) The Canberra Times , 16 February 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel 'An unlikely career opportunity came as something of a surprise for and ex-cop, writes Linda Morris' -
PM Newton : Beams Falling
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2014;
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
Drawn from the Inside
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
Latest Episodes Illustrate Criminal Possibilities
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 -13 April 2014; (p. 35) The Age , 12 April 2014; (p. 35)
— Review of Fatal Impact 2014 single work novel ; Deserving Death 2014 single work novel ; Beams Falling 2014 single work novel -
Review : Beams Falling
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 365 2014; (p. 41)
— Review of Beams Falling 2014 single work novel
Awards
- 2015 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2014 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
- Cabramatta, Fairfield area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1990-1995