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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 To Know My Crime
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'From award-winning writer Fiona Capp comes a novel about blackmail, risk, corruption and consequences - think Raymond Chandler meets The Great Gatsby - set in the millionaire's playground of Portsea. This is modern Melbourne literary noir at its finest.

'Having lost all his family's money in ill-advised investments during the GFC, Ned is reduced to squatting in a boatshed in wealthy Portsea. He is avoiding the world, particularly his sister, Angela, who after an accident, is now a paraplegic, confined to a wheelchair, and completely dependent on both her carer, Mai, and Ned - not to mention the income from their family investments. But one day, Ned overhears a conversation between a millionaire property developer and a politician, and realizes that this might be his opportunity to restore their fortunes ... if he has the nerve.

'This is a nail-biting and compelling story of risk, blackmail and the corrosive nature of guilt - and how we all have to live with the consequences of our actions.'

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  • Epigraph:

    To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself. –William Shakespeare, Macbeth

    Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak

    Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break. –William Shakespeare, Macbeth

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'To Know My Crime' by Fiona Capp Gretchen Shirm , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 389 2017; (p. 52)
‘Described as ‘modern literary noir’, Fiona Capp’s novel delves deeper into the psychology of its characters than most in the genre. The opening is sleek and pacey, as Capp guides us expertly through the central intrigue.’ (Introduction)
'To Know My Crime' by Fiona Capp Gretchen Shirm , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 389 2017; (p. 52)
‘Described as ‘modern literary noir’, Fiona Capp’s novel delves deeper into the psychology of its characters than most in the genre. The opening is sleek and pacey, as Capp guides us expertly through the central intrigue.’ (Introduction)
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