Detective Work
About this ebook
When Dimitri Telegonus is promoted to the Serious Unsolved Crime Unit to investigate the disappearance of a beautiful blonde escort, he thinks he’s finally made the big time. He’d always wanted to do detective work; thought it was his destiny.
But things quickly start to unravel. His assigned partner is an uninterested dinosaur and when progress in the investigation is slow, the bosses threaten to pull the plug.
Desperate to crack his first cold case, Dimitri tracks the prime suspect down – only to find there are forces at play a naïve young detective will never fully understand.
Praise for the work of John Dale
‘Superb evocation of the underbelly of Sydney’ The Sydney Morning Herald
‘A significant, original work that challenges as much as it reveals’ The Australian
‘A mightily impressive debut … Dale’s novel is incandescent’ Time Out
‘Great energy, dynamic storytelling. Intense entertainment’ Kirkus Reviews
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About the author
John Dale is the author of the true-crime biography Huckstepp, the novels Dark Angel, The Dogs Are Barking, Leaving Suzie Pye and Detective Work, a novella Plenty, and the memoir Wild Life, an investigation into the fatal shooting of his grandfather in 1940s Tasmania. John’s essays, reviews and non-fiction have appeared in a wide variety of journals and newspapers. He teaches writing at UTS and lives in Sydney.
