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Loading... Thornydevils (edition 2014)by TW Lawless
Work InformationThornydevils by T.W. Lawless
None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) MSgtMackel | Jun 14, 2015 |  After being "promoted" to the Crime Beat and provided with the mandatory police scanner, Clancy is launched into Melbourne's seedy side, way back before mobile phones and the internet made keeping track of everyone and everything part of everybody's daily routine. THORNYDEVILS builds a strong sense of the time and place without bashing the reader over the head with the details. That's helped by the nice touches of dry, wry humour - it's very Australian - and a bit of whinging about the weather - it's very Melbourne. The plot is complex without being complicated. It feels right that an investigative journalist would stumble into this scenario. It feels right that he'd be hanging around with drag-queens and barking mad cameramen. It feels right that he'd be drinking in The Tote. It even feels right that two mates from Queensland have to get out of that state and hide out at Clancy's - just in time to leap into the action. There is a fair bit of action built into THORNYDEVILS as well. Nicely punctuated by a Triumph Stag that may, or may not cooperate, a bit of organised crime shenanigans and some nice lurking presences that never tip into caricature. Mostly though, for this reader, the characters in this book appealed. Clancy feels like a good old fashioned journo - nothing flash, sadly alone, looking for love in some rather odd places. THORNYDEVILS is the second book in the Peter Clancy series - following on from HOMECOUNTRY. Worth a look, if for no other reason, than to remember the days of The Truth, pre-mobile phones, pre-Internet, when a drink in the pub on the way home every night was how you kept up with the gossip. http://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/review-thornydevils-tw-lawless (  ) austcrimefiction | Jul 7, 2014 | no reviews | add a review
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"Peter Clancy is an amalgam of characters from crime fiction and film noir--a world-weary type" - The Daily Telegraph "Very definitely earning a place in the genre of murder-mystery writing" -Blue Wolf Reviews. In the late 1980's, Melbourne is gripped by an unprecedented crime wave, and has overtaken celebrity scandal as the talk of the town. In a bold move to increase flagging sales, the editor of Melbourne Truth appoints journalist Peter Clancy to head up an investigative crime column. Clancy is quickly caught up in a sinister plot involving drug importation and police corruption, and crosses paths with a series of shady characters, some of whom are willing sources, and others with the skill of camouflage. Along the way, Clancy meets a young lawyer and is instantly besotted with her--despite his colleagues who see something disturbing beneath her wholesome exterior. As Clancy falls into the murky underworld of Melbourne he attempts to discover if a series of murders are a turf war or a family feud. He must use his wits to expose the Thornydevils.... where nothing is as it seems. Thornydevils heralds the much anticipated return of hard-living Melbourne Truth journalist, Peter Clancy. Additional Information:The first book in the series was critically acclaimed and has been on Amazon.com's Top 20 for books and e book for a month (Australian genre)Story incorporates elements of Melbourne's historyPerfect for reading groups & gift guidesBook trailer: http://youtu.be/eJllbScgG5M Official website: www.twlawless.com About the AuthorBorn and raised in North Queensland, T W Lawless currently lives in Melbourne. He has studied creative writing, film making and screen writing. Thornydevils is his second novel, following the critically acclaimed first book in the Peter Clancy series, Homecountry. T.W. Lawless is currently working on the third Peter Clancy thriller, set in London. No library descriptions found. |
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