Crucifixion Creek

audio cd

Published March 15, 2017 by Bolinda Audio.

ISBN:: 978-1-4893-8224-5

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"A meth-addicted biker shoots a woman during a police siege. An elderly couple commit suicide on the terrace of their favorite café. An unidentified white male is stabbed to death in the street. For Sydney homicide detective Harry Belltree, not long out of the military and a grueling tour of Afghanistan, these three deaths appear to be just another day at the office. Until, that is, he identifies the stabbing victim as his own brother-in-law Greg, and journalist Kelly Pool suggests there's a link between the three incidents. It seems Greg and the old couple had ties to the same man, a corrupt money man with a murky past and friends in both high places and low. Harry Belltree can't get officially involved in Greg's murder, but he's not going to leave it in the hands of others. That's when he goes off-grid to investigate the links between these deaths. …

"A meth-addicted biker shoots a woman during a police siege. An elderly couple commit suicide on the terrace of their favorite café. An unidentified white male is stabbed to death in the street. For Sydney homicide detective Harry Belltree, not long out of the military and a grueling tour of Afghanistan, these three deaths appear to be just another day at the office. Until, that is, he identifies the stabbing victim as his own brother-in-law Greg, and journalist Kelly Pool suggests there's a link between the three incidents. It seems Greg and the old couple had ties to the same man, a corrupt money man with a murky past and friends in both high places and low. Harry Belltree can't get officially involved in Greg's murder, but he's not going to leave it in the hands of others. That's when he goes off-grid to investigate the links between these deaths. That's when things start to get dangerous"--

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barbara fister reviewed Crucifixion Creek by Barry Maitland

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Reviewed for Reviewing the Evidence. Brilliant first half, introducing a mixed-race ex-soldier police detective in Australia who want to find out how his parents were killed and his wife left blind after a car wreck. The second half goes off the rails and over the top with an awful lot of violence and mayhem. Still, a promising start to a trilogy that also features a reporter who won't stop chasing the story. Rather reminiscent of Peter Temple more than Maitland's Kolla and Brock series.