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Claudia Valentine
1988
series - author
novel
(number
2
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1993...
1993
The Case of the Chinese Boxes
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'The New Year started with a bang in Sydney's Chinatown - and it wasn't just the fireworks. While the rest of the country were celebrating, the biggest bank job in Australia's history was taking place.
'The press dubbed it 'The Great Chinese Takeaway'. And inside those stolen safety deposit boxes were items of much more value than money.
'Claudia Valentine is called in by the Chen family who are desperate for the return of a gold key embellished by a dragon. The hunt for this family heirloom spins her into a world of ancient treasures and modern Triad killings, through sleazy back streets and exotic oriental temples. And, everywhere, nothing is as it seems.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
Orientation via Orientalism : Chinatown in Detective Narratives
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Popular Culture Review , February vol. 11 no. 1 2000; (p. 13-29) -
`Bitch City'
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 125-135) -
Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction : Introduction
Delys Bird
,
Brenda Walker
,
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 1-60) -
Sydney Underworld Finds Few Rivals
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 February 1991; (p. 21)
— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel ; Death Down Under 1989 single work novel ; Faces in the Rain 1990 single work novel
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Shooting Straight at Heart of the Matter
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 1991; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Tropic of Fear 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes 1990 single work novel ; The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel -
Australian Private Eyes Arrive in Time for Christmas
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 8 December 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel -
Forecasts
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 70 no. 1008 1990; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel -
Southern Sleuths
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , September no. 8-9 1990; (p. 6-7)
— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel ; The Fortunes of Mary Fortune 1989 selected work autobiography prose ; The Last Adventures of Christian Doom, Private I 1982 single work novel ; Dead Witness : Best Australian Mystery Stories 1989 anthology short story ; Sand on the Gumshoe : A Century of Australian Crime Writing 1989 anthology short story ; The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender 1988 single work novel -
Style is the Essence
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1990-1991) no. 127 1990; (p. 39)
— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel ; The Baby-Farmer 1990 single work novel -
Orientation via Orientalism : Chinatown in Detective Narratives
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Popular Culture Review , February vol. 11 no. 1 2000; (p. 13-29) -
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
The Life and Crimes of Marele Day
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1990
single work
criticism
interview
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , October no. 1 1990; (p. 56-58) -
Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction : Introduction
Delys Bird
,
Brenda Walker
,
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 1-60) -
`Bitch City'
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 125-135)
Last amended 14 May 2020 09:20:03
Subjects:
- Urban,
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Hong Kong,
cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
- 1980s
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