Fetish

Tara Moss

Jan 2010 · Makedde Vanderwall Book 1 · HarperCollins Australia

About this ebook

A gripping, nail-biting thriller...
Makedde Vanderwall, part-time model and forensic psychology student always attracts the wrong type of man. When she travels to Sydney on assignment and finds her best friend murdered, she soon discovers a deadly puzzle of suspicious photographers, hired thugs, mysterious lovers and the handsome, jaded Detective Andy Flynn investigating the Stiletto Murders - the most violent serial killings Australia has ever known. In her quest to uncover the truth behind her best friend's murder, Mak falls headlong into a deadly game of cat and mouse, unaware she has become the obsession of a sadistic psychopath. When a photo from her portfolio disappears, her borrowed flat is ransacked and Andy Flynn suddenly goes underground, Mak knows she must run. But where can she go and to whom can she turn? Mak has scratched the seedy underbelly of a foreign city and is driven into a corner, an evil place where, for her own well-being and state of mind, she must suspect everyone and everything... the first book in the Mak Vanderwall series, FEtISH is followed by SPLIt, COVEt, HIt, SIREN and ASSASSIN.

Ratings and reviews

I actually started off reading the last book in this series and finally got my hands on the hard copy of this ine (first book) I could not put it down. Lay in bed Sunday afternoon and read the whole thing! Love your work Tara.

The book started quite well. Towards the end I was wondering how Moss would get the mileage. Quite impressed actually

Tara Moss. Fetish. Book 1. Good enough to try rest of series but nothing totally amazing. Kept me interested.

About the author

Tara Moss is a bestselling author, award-winning human rights advocate, and holistic practitioner. She has written fifteen books of fiction and non-fiction published in nineteen countries in over a dozen languages, including her #1 bestselling memoir, The Fictional Woman. Her most recent books are the historical crime thrillers featuring 1940s "staunchly feminist, champagne-swilling, fast-driving Nazi hunter" investigator Billie Walker (The War Widow, The Ghosts of Paris and The Italian Secret). Moss is a long-standing UNICEF ambassador. In 2021 she was chosen as a Global Change Maker by Conscious Being magazine for her chronic pain activism and was a recipient of the Honorary Citizen Award for the City of Victoria for her work on accessibility rights. In 2015 she received an Edna Ryan Award for her significant contribution to feminist debate, speaking out for women and children and inspiring others to challenge the status quo, and in 2017 she was recognized as one of the Global Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life, for using her position in public life to make a positive impact in diversity, alongside Malala Yousafzai, Angelina Jolie, and others. Her in-depth book research has seen her earn her private investigator credentials, tour the FBI Academy at Quantico, spend time in morgues and criminology conferences, take polygraph tests, shoot weapons, conduct surveillance, pass the Firearms Training Simulator (FATSII) with the LAPD and acquire her CAMS race driver licence. She has hosted many documentaries, including Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals on CI and Amazon Prime, Tara Moss Investigates on Nat Geo, and Cyberhate with Tara Moss, as well as author interview show Tara in Conversation. She has spoken at hundreds of schools and festivals, and interviewed Gloria Steinem, Naomi Klein, and Alison Bechdel, among many others. In addition to her work as an author, she is a life celebrant and holistic practitioner. Visit her at TaraRaeMoss.com