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'The Victoria Police Armed Robbery Squad has long been considered the hardest and most feared group of Victorian detectives. They operate without fear or favour. Newspaper journalist Ian Malone, new to the city crime beat, has assigned himself a story: uncover the truth about the enigmatic squad. Have the men from 'The Robbers' been demonised or is their hard-arm reputation deserved? It is a time of disruption and change. Force command and a new police ethics commission want the Armed Robbery Squad disbanded. Apart from political enemies, the squad has a new nemesis on the street: a vicious bandit prepared to shoot robbery victims - and detectives. The Armed Robbery Squad men, for so long the hunters, have become the hunted' (Libraries Australia).
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New Australian Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella ; The Baghdad Chameleon 2012 single work novel ; The Robbers 2012 single work novel ; Mazin' Grace 2011 single work novel
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New Australian Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Street to Street 2012 single work novella ; The Baghdad Chameleon 2012 single work novel ; The Robbers 2012 single work novel ; Mazin' Grace 2011 single work novel
Awards
- 2013 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
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