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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 A Very Proper Death
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'Somebody out there is determined to bring Marni down, or drive her insane. There has already been one brutal death, close enough to make her feel the net tightening. Marni is driven by desire to protect her son. Can Jake Murphy, ex-seminarian, now cop in charge of the case, remove the terror?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1990 .
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      Extent: 229p.
      ISBN: 0140139826 (pbk.), 9780140139822
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Americas,      :       Random House ,       1990 .
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      Edition info: 1st edition.
      ISBN: 0394221370
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Charles Scribner's Sons ,       1991 .
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      Extent: 257p.
      Edition info: 1st US ed.
      ISBN: 0684193019, 9780684193014
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Virago ,       1992 .
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      Extent: 198p.
      ISBN: 185381296X (pbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Fawcett Crest ,       1994 .
      Extent: 215p.
      ISBN: 0449221636 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

The 'God Itch' : An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital Donald J. Greiner (interviewer), 2007 single work interview
— Appears in: Critique : Studies in Contemporary Fiction , Summer vol. 48 no. 4 2007; (p. 331-343) Author Janette Turner Hospital discusses her work, including her motivation to write A Very Proper Death and her reason for using a pseudonym. She also comments on her [then] upcoming novel Orpheus Lost.
Untitled Roger Hainsworth , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 56-57)
— Review of A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
Janette Turner Hospital Turns up a Thriller Katharine England , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 January 1991; (p. 11)
— Review of A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
Changed Name but Quality Remains Stan Barney , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 February 1991; (p. 21)
— Review of A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
Genre-Jumping Australian Novelists Jane Stephens , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Society , January-February vol. 10 no. 1-2 1991; (p. 59-60)
— Review of The Lost Chronicle of Edward de Vere : Lord Great Chamberlain, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, Poet and Playwright William Shakespeare Andrew Field , 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
Crime Rules - OK? R. F. Brissenden , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 1 no. 2 1991; (p. 100-103)
— Review of Tropic of Fear J. R. Carroll , 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High Kerry Greenwood , 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes Robert English , 1990 single work novel ; Still Murder Finola Moorhead , 1990 single work novel
Shooting Straight at Heart of the Matter Robin Wallace-Crabbe , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 1991; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Tropic of Fear J. R. Carroll , 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High Kerry Greenwood , 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes Robert English , 1990 single work novel ; The Case of the Chinese Boxes Marele Day , 1993 single work novel
Genre-Jumping Australian Novelists Jane Stephens , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Society , January-February vol. 10 no. 1-2 1991; (p. 59-60)
— Review of The Lost Chronicle of Edward de Vere : Lord Great Chamberlain, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, Poet and Playwright William Shakespeare Andrew Field , 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
Forecasts Jane Stephens , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , October vol. 70 no. 1009 1990; (p. 27)
— Review of A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
Not Wild About Harry Douglas Marshall , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Books in Canada , vol. 19 no. 7 1990; (p. 40-41)
— Review of A Very Proper Death Alex Juniper , 1990 single work novel
The 'God Itch' : An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital Donald J. Greiner (interviewer), 2007 single work interview
— Appears in: Critique : Studies in Contemporary Fiction , Summer vol. 48 no. 4 2007; (p. 331-343) Author Janette Turner Hospital discusses her work, including her motivation to write A Very Proper Death and her reason for using a pseudonym. She also comments on her [then] upcoming novel Orpheus Lost.
Respectable Author Turns to Crime Giles Hugo , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 24 August 1991; (p. 20)
New Recognition for Early Novel Robert Hefner , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 December 1990; (p. 24)
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