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y separately published work icon Pig's Head single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Pufferfish Mysteries David Owen , 1994 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Pig's Head
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'There are good cops, there are bad cops...and there is Pufferfish, aka Detective Inspector Franz Heineken.

Pufferfish (Contusus brevicaudus): Body moderately short, pectorals rounded. Slow swimmer. Scavenger in the mud, at home in the murky shallows, where it roots out and feeds on detritusbody able to bloat and even explode under extreme provocation.

A severed head rolls out of the runnish in a crowded Tasmanian caravan park, and the hunt is on for the killers ... and for their victim, a man no-one seems to miss, a man no-one wants to know.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1994 .
      image of person or book cover 1635901402374994666.jpg
      This image has been sourced from AustCrime website
      Extent: 269p.
      ISBN: 1863303243 (pbk.)
    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Fuller's Bookshop , 2018 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 240p.p.
      ISBN: 9780648152804

Works about this Work

Nice Tales and Needless Icons Jill Jones , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring/Summer no. 60/61 1994-1995; (p. 136-138)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel ; Mad Meg Sally Morrison , 1994 single work novel
Crime and Punishment David McMahon , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 30 October 1994; (p. 8)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel
New Faces, Old Favourites Susan Geason , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 August 1994; (p. 132)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel ; Reprisal Peter Yeldham , 1994 single work novel
Despite Rumours, Renaissance is Alive and Well Stuart Coupe , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 August 1994; (p. 11A)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel ; A Mortality Tale Jay Verney , 1994 single work novel ; Stiff Shane Maloney , 1994 single work novel ; Reprisal Peter Yeldham , 1994 single work novel
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 July 1994; (p. wkd 6)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel
Dead Uneasy With the Reality of it All Tony Maniaty , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 July 1994; (p. rev 6)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 July 1994; (p. wkd 6)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel
Despite Rumours, Renaissance is Alive and Well Stuart Coupe , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 August 1994; (p. 11A)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel ; A Mortality Tale Jay Verney , 1994 single work novel ; Stiff Shane Maloney , 1994 single work novel ; Reprisal Peter Yeldham , 1994 single work novel
New Faces, Old Favourites Susan Geason , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 August 1994; (p. 132)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel ; Reprisal Peter Yeldham , 1994 single work novel
Crime and Punishment David McMahon , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 30 October 1994; (p. 8)

— Review of Pig's Head David Owen , 1994 single work novel
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