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y separately published work icon A Drop in the Ocean single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Barry Donovan Steve Wright , 1990 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 A Drop in the Ocean
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'When Rodney Collins, spokesperson for the environmental group SLUDGE (Sea Life Under Danger of Gradual Extinction) dies in a draining accident the police call it 'Death by Misadventure'. But Barry Donovan isn't so sure. Only days before, Collins had hired him to investigate a possible infiltration of SLUDGE. Coincidences like that just didn't happen. But why would anyone want to murder the mild-mannered spokesperson of a harmless environmental group? SLUDGE's anti-pollution lobbying couldn't be winning them too many friends in a big business and government, but surely the grouop wasn't that much of a threat? As Donovan digs deeper he realises that the murder of Rodney Collins is just a drop in the ocean compared to what else is going on. And the planet isn't the only thing in danger of extinction...'

Source : Austcrimefiction.org

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 1991 .
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      Extent: 280p.
      ISBN: 0330272268, 9780330272261
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Works about this Work

Cynicism in Vignettes of City Dwellers Jo Riley , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 14 September 1991; (p. 16)
— Review of A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Communist Witch-Hunts and Insane Violence Jeff Popple , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 April 1991; (p. 27)
— Review of A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Untitled Nick Richardson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 59)
— Review of A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Guilt Edge Philip Bryan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1991-1992) no. 137 1991; (p. 51-52)
— Review of More Crimes for a Summer Christmas 1991 anthology short story ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Crime Ray Davie , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 September 1991; (p. 8)
— Review of Flood Rain Robert Wallace , 1991 single work novel ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Into the Mean Sydney Streets Slides Slippery Syd Graeme Blundell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 August 1991; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Shaved Fish Susan Geason , 1990 selected work short story ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel ; The Siberian Sparrows Ian McFarlane , 1990 single work novel ; Larry Death Denis Freney , 1991 single work novel
Legitimate Cribbing Michael Guest , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 35-36)
— Review of The Siberian Sparrows Ian McFarlane , 1990 single work novel ; Red on White Kit Denton , 1991 single work novel ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Crime Ray Davie , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 September 1991; (p. 8)
— Review of Flood Rain Robert Wallace , 1991 single work novel ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Guilt Edge Philip Bryan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1991-1992) no. 137 1991; (p. 51-52)
— Review of More Crimes for a Summer Christmas 1991 anthology short story ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
Forecasts Claire Mills , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , December-January (1990-1991) vol. 70 no. 1011 1990; (p. 16)
— Review of Only One Adam Elizabeth Gittins , 1991 single work novel ; A Drop in the Ocean Steve Wright , 1991 single work novel
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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