Alexander Thorpe Alexander Thorpe i(19344399 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Death Holds The Key Alexander Thorpe , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2024 27249851 2024 single work novel crime

'When loathed landholder Fred O’Donnell is found dead in a locked room with a bullet in his chest, rookie Detective Hartley must seek help from a mysterious wanderer to solve the case. And it’s one where everyone, including his family, has a motive and a secret to keep.

'Featuring the mendicant monk from Thorpe’s previous novel, Death Leaves the Station, readers will be drawn into the world of small-town Western Australia in the late 1920s, delighting in the characters as they navigate the strained sensibilities and dark secrets of the past.

'Full of twists and turns, this seemingly impossible murder mysteryis cosy crime writing at its finest.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Death Leaves the Station Alexander Thorpe , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2020 19344420 2020 single work novel crime 'A nameless friar turns up at Halfwell Station at the same time that Ana, the adopted daughter of the station owners, discovers a body in the desert during her midnight walk. But when Ana returns to look for it, the body is gone.

'Death Leaves the Station brings the cosy country-house intrigue of crime fiction's golden age to the Australian wheatbelt, and was written for fans of classic mystery and crime fiction.' (Publication summary)
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