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'No one is safe. The world has descended into chaos. On the surface, everything looks the same - yet the unthinkable has happened. The dead have risen...
'Everyone is haunted by a relative, friend, spouse or stranger and these spirits are unshakeable, silent and watching. Governments the world over fail to deal with the epidemic. Crime is rife and murders commonplace. But who is responsible: the ghosts or the people?
'Finding out is where Detective Oscar Mariani comes in, although it's nearly impossible to run a department when you can't even see half the suspects. His strike rate is embarrassingly low.
'Then he stumbles onto a case that cuts through his apathy. A ritualistic, brutal serial killer is at work murdering young women, and the evidence implicates those in high places. If Mariani can solve the case, and keep himself alive, he may be able to exorcise his own ghostly shadow, a dead young man who just might have a message Mariani needs to hear.
'A gripping mix of police procedural and supernatural thriller, The Broken Ones is a knuckle-whitening ride.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication : For Kitty The key to it all
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Near-future supernatural thriller.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Brisbane's Dark Side in Limelight
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 December 2012; (p. 66) -
Take Three : Horror Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 23 October 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of The Broken Ones 2011 single work novel -
Brisbane Given a Dark Twist
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 September 2011; (p. 22) -
Pick of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Broken Ones 2011 single work novel
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Pick of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of The Broken Ones 2011 single work novel -
Take Three : Horror Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 23 October 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of The Broken Ones 2011 single work novel -
Brisbane Given a Dark Twist
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 September 2011; (p. 22) -
Brisbane's Dark Side in Limelight
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 December 2012; (p. 66)
Awards
- 2011 honourable mention Australian Shadows Award — Novel
- 2011 honourable mention Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Horror Division — Best Novel No Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel was given in 2011. Irwin's novel and Trent Jamieson's The Business of Death received honorable mentions.
- Brisbane, Queensland,