Publisher Description

When Rowland Sinclair volunteers his services as a pilot to fly the renowned international peace advocate, Egon Kisch, between Freemantle and Melbourne, he is unaware of how hard Australia's new Attorney General will fight to keep the reporter off Australian soil. In this, it seems, the government is not alone, as clandestine right-wing militias target Kisch... A Communist agent is murdered on the steps of Parliament House and Rowland finds himself drawn into a dangerous world of politics and assassination. Once again, he stands against the unthinkable with an artist, a poet and brazen sculptress by his side...

Author Biography

A reformed lawyer, Sulari Gentill is the author of the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, ten historical crime novels (thus far) chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist; the Hero Trilogy, based on the myths and epics of the ancient world; and a standalone mystery called After She Wrote Him, for which she won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award.  She lives with her husband, Michael, and their boys, Edmund and Atticus, on a small farm in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains in Australia, where she grows French Black Truffles and writes.Sulari has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Best First Book, won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, been shortlisted in 2013 and the 2015 Davitt Award, the 2015 Ned Kelly Award, the 2015 and 2016 Australian Book Industry Award for Best Adult Book, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, commended in the FAW Jim Hamilton Award and offered a Varuna Fellowship. She was the inaugural Eminent Writer in Residence at the Museum of Australian Democracy, and toured the US in 2019 as an ambassador of Australian Crime Fiction. The Woman In The Library, her latest novel, will be released in June 2022.

Review

It's easy to identify with the perfectly packaged little details, as you find yourself immersed in a time and place that's beautifully described -- Karen * Goodreads *
This book (and the others in the series) absolutely resonate with the spirit of the 1930s. I was transported. -- Annie * Goodreads *
I adored this book. It's got all the qualities of a perfect madcap mystery, from a loyal quartet of artistic friends, nefarious political operatives, and a good family name that needs to stay out of the muck. -- Kathryn MacDougall * Goodreads *

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