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Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mysteries
1988
series - author
novel
(number
4
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1991...
1991
Cop Out
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'Detective Inspector Carol Ashton is close to burnout, tired of hiding the fact that she is gay and, for the first time, seriously considering leaving the police force. Her colleague - the reliable Sergeant Bourke - mentions an "open and shut" case. Charlotte Darcy, the suspect, is obviously guilty of the murder of her brother. Carol is less sure. Darcy Designs has depended on Charlotte's creativity. So why is Charlotte now so zombie-like? And what else is hidden in the stylish closets of this famous family? Carol's interest in her work rekindles as she solves a mystery as intriguing as any in her long career. But even as she does so she is reminded that her personal life cannot be put on hold forever ...'
Source: Back cover (Allen & Unwin, 1991)
'Bryce Darcy, partner in a successful family business, has been murdered. His sister has confessed and DI Carol Ashton is informed that it's a shut case. Yet, Carol discovers that the dead man was a member of a support group for married gay men, and that the Darcy family seethes with secrets.'
Source: Fantastic Fiction http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ (Sighted 22/6/2010)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Killing Women
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 63-71) -
Lady Detectives
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 95-96 1991; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Cop Out 1991 single work novel ; Murder on the Ballarat Train 1991 single work novel ; Dogfish : A Syd Fish Thriller 1991 single work novel -
Australian Paperbacks
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , September no. 4 1991; (p. 63)
— Review of Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Guilt Edge
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 134 1991; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Azanian Action 1991 single work novel ; Antidote 1991 single work novel ; Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Carol Ashton is Developing Well
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 July 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of Cop Out 1991 single work novel
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A Mixed Bag of Crime Thrillers, Adventure Stories, and Mystery
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 August 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of Gilt Edge 1991 single work novel ; Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Forecasts
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , May vol. 70 no. 1015 1991; (p. 18)
— Review of Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Carol Ashton is Developing Well
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 July 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Guilt Edge
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 134 1991; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Azanian Action 1991 single work novel ; Antidote 1991 single work novel ; Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Australian Paperbacks
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , September no. 4 1991; (p. 63)
— Review of Cop Out 1991 single work novel -
Killing Women
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 63-71)
Awards
- 1991 finalist Lambda Awards — Lesbian Mystery
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Subjects:
- Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,
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