The Souvenir |
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Author:
| Carlon, Patricia |
ISBN: | 978-1-56947-065-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
Publisher: | Soho Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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'One of the best Australian crime writers.' - The,Times Literary Supplement,'Lean and tricky...the tension is almost palpable,and the solution is a triumph' - Publishers Weekly,Two teenage girls met on a hitch-hiking trip. One,of them, in a rage, stabbed a young man to death.,Each accused the other of the crime but neither,accusation could be proved. Four year's later, the,victim's sister hires Jeffereson Shields to find,out which girl was guilty. A story about the,manipulation of one...
More Description'One of the best Australian crime writers.' - The,Times Literary Supplement,'Lean and tricky...the tension is almost palpable,and the solution is a triumph' - Publishers Weekly,Two teenage girls met on a hitch-hiking trip. One,of them, in a rage, stabbed a young man to death.,Each accused the other of the crime but neither,accusation could be proved. Four year's later, the,victim's sister hires Jeffereson Shields to find,out which girl was guilty. A story about the,manipulation of one person by another, this is a,particularly absorbing novel with a deft solution.