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7 1 y separately published work icon The Price of an Orphan Patricia Carlon , ( trans. Bente Dammegård with title Mareridtet ) Denmark : Williams Forlag , 1973 Z194602 1964 single work novel crime Johnnie is a nine-year old city orphan (his mother is dead, his father in prison). He has recently been placed with Stuart and Kay Heath, a childless couple who live in the Australian outback on a cattle station which Stuart manages for its wealthy owner. Hoping for a 'real' boy, they are bitterly disappointed. Johnnie is not quite the foster child they had in mind: he is 'cheeky and lazy, cowardly and stubborn.' So when he claims to have witnessed a murder they remind him of the boy who cried wolf. But then Johnnie and Kay are invited on a camping trip. A special treat to give Johnnie another chance to adjust to life in the outback? Or a cunning trap by a ruthless killer? (Source: Book jacket)
3 y separately published work icon See Nothing, Say Nothing Patricia Carlon , ( trans. Bente Dammegård with title Panik ) Denmark : Williams Forlag , 1971 Z195130 1967 single work novel crime

'A ten minute joyride turns into manslaughter as two teenagers hit-and-run. This then meticulously traces the aftermath as Julius and Barry try to find the old woman whose dog they also killed, who may or may not have seen them. And finally it leads to murder as Barry becomes obsessed with the need to destroy all evidence. As taut as the youngsters' nerves and an indictment of the too typical community whose see-nothing-say-nothing attitude precipitates further disasters.'

Source: Kirkus Reviews.
4 y separately published work icon Betray Me -- If You Dare Patricia Carlon , ( trans. Bente Dammegård with title Gidslet ) Denmark : Forlaget I.K. , 1971 Z194709 1966 single work novel crime
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