Patricia Carlon, Author . Soho $22.50 (192p) ISBN 978-1-56947-245-3
Unlike Australian author Carlon's previous, highly praised novels, this latest thriller (first published in 1970) is unlikely to please her fans. Private detective Jefferson Shields, a stone-faced man with a passionate heart, tries to find out...
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Patricia Carlon, Author . Soho $22 (190p) ISBN 978-1-56947-258-3
First published in 1962, this mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest
from Australian Carlon (Death by Demonstration) still packs a punch. The aftermath of a fire in the outback reveals the body of a "swaggie," or...
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Press $20 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-048-0
Lean and tricky, this psychological twister from Australian Carlon (The Whispering Wall) invites comparison to Patricia Highsmith, Ruth Rendell in her Barbara Vine mode and even Heavenly Creatures, the recent celluloid revision of the real crime in...
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Crime $12 (183p) ISBN 978-1-56947-065-7
Originally published in the U.K. in 1970, Australian novelist Carlon's mystery concerns a murder whose prime suspects are two teenage girls, each of whom accuses the other. (Oct.)
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Press $20 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-066-4
Australian Carlon (The Souvenir) ratchets up the psychological suspense in this story of a victim who is unable to react to a gradually realized threat until pushed to the limit. Sarah Oatland, a well-to-do widow bedridden by a stroke, can't move or
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Press $21 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-110-4
The tension never lets up in this little gem of psychological suspense, the third of Australian writer Carlon's novels to be published here (The Souvenir; The Whispering Wall). In a cozy Australian town, 14-year-old Carol Zamia drowns after falling...
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Press $22 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-214-9
Long popular in Australia, Carlon was recently brought to U.S. attention with Soho's reissue of six of her fine psychodramas (The Price of an Orphan; The Whispering Wall, etc.). This seventh reissue, originally published in 1967, hits a rare false...
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Press $22 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-173-9
Offering a thrilling glimpse into the Australian outback, the fifth title by Aussie author Carlon (Crime of Silence) to be published here by Soho brims with suspense. Kay and Stuart Heath's nine-year-old foster son, Johnnie, is a troublemaker, with...
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Patricia Carlon, Author Soho Press $22 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56947-194-4
Readers looking for a gripping tale of suspense in the classic mode need look no further. Carlon, an Australian writer whose superb mysteries (Crime of Silence, etc.) have only recently become available in the U.S., tells the story of just a few...
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