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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Dirty Little Dog
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'When media mogul Wardell Costello’s son Julian disappears, it could be Julian’s just cheating on his beautiful model wife. Except the Premier is on the phone to Wardell, and she knows more than Wardell likes about his family’s secrets. Too dangerous in the dog-eat-dog political world of Sydney, where the Costellos are used to getting their way. Wardell Costello and the Premier are no longer the best of friends … the Premier’s Office is looking to rub the Costello name in mud.

'So Wardell calls in his old enemy, journalist Jack Rutherford, for help. “Find my son”, he demands. Jack doesn’t like the demand, but he’ll take the money to help release his partner’s parents from the clutches of the Public Guardian. His partner, Detective-Sergeant Terry Bradley, is already on the case. So far, there’s a dead body in Julian’s luxurious inner-city playpad, and another body washed up in Iron Cove. It seems a violent killer is disposing of young men who’ve shared the delights of the playpad with Julian.

'The killer is a sensitive boy, raised lovingly by a single mother, turned crazy by a restrictive school and Julian’s sadistic bullying.

'A novel about a Sydney that could almost be …' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Wilfred, the best dirty little dog there ever was, and he was smart too, though he didn't like to show it.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Haberfield, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Fat Frog Books , 2016 .
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      Extent: 200p.
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      • Launched on 12 May 2016 at Armidale, NSW.
      ISBN: 9780959035070

Works about this Work

Pushing Back Andrew Nette , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 20 no. 2 2016;

— Review of The Dirty Little Dog Jeremy Fisher , 2016 single work novel
Pushing Back Andrew Nette , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 20 no. 2 2016;

— Review of The Dirty Little Dog Jeremy Fisher , 2016 single work novel
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