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'Huge floodwaters have engulfed a remote Victorian goldfield, reducing the prospect of digging up a fortune from very slim to impossible, and adding disease to the many possibilities of sudden death in harsh conditions. As sickness starts to take its toll and calls mount for the rescue of diggers stranded by the raging torrent, Sergeant Niall Kennedy must try to keep order in a place where frictions can become murderous. Does a suspiciously abandoned tent suggest there has already been a killing? And why has Mosquito Creek's erratic Commissioner Stanfield drafted in special troopers behind Kennedy's back?
'In a new country where everyone's past has a question mark, asking too many questions is dangerous. But how else can you get to the truth?
'Mosquito Creek is a rare treat - historical fiction that brilliantly evokes the hardships of early Australia, and a crime novel in a setting where crime touches upon everyone and everything. A priceless relic from the Old Country deepens the mystery and adds a mythic quality to the events unfolding in this isolated settlement. An Australian Deadwood.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Jacob, Anneke and Joshua
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Plenty of Buzz
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Melbourne Weekly , 23 June 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Strong Arm of the Law
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Progress Leader , 6 July 2010; (p. 20) -
Take Three
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 18 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Gunshot Road 2010 single work novel ; Houdini's Flight : Sometimes You Need to Disappear to Find Yourself 2010 single work novel ; Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 -13 June 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Well Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 June 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel
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Flash Forward
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 322 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Well Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 June 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 -13 June 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Take Three
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 18 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Gunshot Road 2010 single work novel ; Houdini's Flight : Sometimes You Need to Disappear to Find Yourself 2010 single work novel ; Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Plenty of Buzz
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Melbourne Weekly , 23 June 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Mosquito Creek 2010 single work novel -
Strong Arm of the Law
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Progress Leader , 6 July 2010; (p. 20)
Awards
- Victorian goldfields area, Victoria,