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'Is brilliant young film maker Carmel Wise the innocent victim of gangland violence or is she enmeshed in a pornography racket as the press and the police imply? Carmel's businessman father hires Cliff Hardy to find the real reason 'the video girl' was shot dead outside the Greenwich Apartments in Kings Cross.
'Hardy follows a trail which is broken but clear - houses and flats, with the power on and the rent paid, stand empty; photographs and other document lead to Lionel Darcy, owner of the Champagne Cabaret; banks and business houses will supply just enough information to keep Hardy warm.
'The tail takes him to the sunny perninsula, leafy Lane Cove and the industrial waterfront. Hardy finds that every question and every answer had to be paid for in pain and fear. nd to some questions there may be no answers at all...' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
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Works about this Work
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Crime Scenes : The Importance of Place in Australian Crime Fiction
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 204-213) 'There are eight million stories about crime fiction. And this is one of them. There are two main ways in which writers use place in crime fiction. The first way is to use place to help create a certain mood and atmosphere. The second way is to use the geographical or physical features of a place imaginatively as a plot device. Sometimes the journeys that are made by characters in crime fiction serve to remind us as readers of these two major devices. Although historically a lot of Australian crime fiction has not focused on place in terms of setting, this is changing as Australia continues to change. (Author's introduction, 204)
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Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 52)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel -
Where The Plots Thicken
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 December 1986; (p. 20)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel ; Fiddler's Bridge 1986 single work novel -
Cliff Hardy, Back in the Old Milieu
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 November, 1986; (p. 12)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel -
Not Quite the Same Old Cliff
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 1986; (p. B2)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel
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Hollywood Glitz With a Haunting Tale of Revenge
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 13-14 December 1986; (p. 16)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel -
Not Quite the Same Old Cliff
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 1986; (p. B2)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel -
Cliff Hardy, Back in the Old Milieu
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 November, 1986; (p. 12)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel -
Where The Plots Thicken
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 December 1986; (p. 20)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel ; Fiddler's Bridge 1986 single work novel -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 52)
— Review of The Greenwich Apartments 1986 single work novel -
Crime Scenes : The Importance of Place in Australian Crime Fiction
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 204-213) 'There are eight million stories about crime fiction. And this is one of them. There are two main ways in which writers use place in crime fiction. The first way is to use place to help create a certain mood and atmosphere. The second way is to use the geographical or physical features of a place imaginatively as a plot device. Sometimes the journeys that are made by characters in crime fiction serve to remind us as readers of these two major devices. Although historically a lot of Australian crime fiction has not focused on place in terms of setting, this is changing as Australia continues to change. (Author's introduction, 204)
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Greenwich, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,