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'As 1959 dawns, Billy Glasheen is in deeper trouble than ever. The past has caught up with him in the form of Fred Slaney, Sydney's meanest, most corrupt cop, who's got Billy framed up for the murder of his crooked partner. Not that Slaney wants to arrest him - what he wants is ten grand. He gives Billy a choice - pay up within six months, or take early retirement, forever. Billy can't think of a legal way to come up with the money that fast, and anyway, earning an honest living has never been his strength.
'So what's the answer? Up the ante on Uncle Dick's mailorder scams? Rig a horse race or two? Rob a bank? Maybe all of the above? Surely something will work...and it does, though not in the way you might expect - and not before Billy's situation gets a whole lot worse.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (2019 ed.).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Doyle's Jump
Andres Kabel
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 3 2001; (p. 22-23) -
Fiction as Deadly Weapon
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 August 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of The Dogs are Barking 1998 single work novel ; Amaze Your Friends 1998 single work novel -
Crime Gets a Payoff
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 June 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of Raisins and Almonds 1997 single work novel ; The Reward : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1997 single work novel ; Deadline 1997 single work novel ; Cheaters 1998 single work novel ; The Last Days : The Apocryphon of Joe Panther 1998 single work novel ; Amaze Your Friends 1998 single work novel ; Peace Crimes 1998 single work novel ; Nice Try 1998 single work novel ; The Dogs are Barking 1998 single work novel ; Chain Letter 1997 single work novel ; Forget Me If You Can : Cliff Hardy Stories 1997 selected work short story ; Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine : Short Stories 1997 selected work short story
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Crime Gets a Payoff
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 June 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of Raisins and Almonds 1997 single work novel ; The Reward : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1997 single work novel ; Deadline 1997 single work novel ; Cheaters 1998 single work novel ; The Last Days : The Apocryphon of Joe Panther 1998 single work novel ; Amaze Your Friends 1998 single work novel ; Peace Crimes 1998 single work novel ; Nice Try 1998 single work novel ; The Dogs are Barking 1998 single work novel ; Chain Letter 1997 single work novel ; Forget Me If You Can : Cliff Hardy Stories 1997 selected work short story ; Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine : Short Stories 1997 selected work short story -
Fiction as Deadly Weapon
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 August 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of The Dogs are Barking 1998 single work novel ; Amaze Your Friends 1998 single work novel -
Doyle's Jump
Andres Kabel
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 3 2001; (p. 22-23)
Awards
- Urban,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1950s
- 1959
