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y separately published work icon Dead Letters single work   novel   thriller  
Is part of Sidney Allen 2017 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Dead Letters
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'A dead politician. A decades-old unsolved murder. A hornet's nest is about to be stirred.

'Counter terrorism expert Sid Allen knows nothing good ever comes from a phone call at 5 am. Politician Dan LeRoi, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, has been shot. Four bullets to the head. The crime scene is chaotic. Homicide. Counter Terrorism. Media. And for Sid, hunting the killer is going to get complicated.

'Journalist Zephyr Wilde is complicated. She's tenacious and she's got Sid's number. Sid knows the gossip: how Zephyr's mother was murdered when Zephyr was a kid. He doesn't know that Zephyr is still getting letters from her long-dead mother. But when he learns that Dan LeRoi was helping Zephyr look into her mother's death, he realises that lines are going to be crossed. A cop should not be talking to a journalist.

'As they both ask too many questions, Sid and Zephyr stir up a hornet's nest of corruption. Knowing who to trust is going to mean the difference between solving a crime and being a victim. The question is, which side will they end up on.

'A compulsive thriller that takes up from the seedy streets of Sydney to the corridors of power in Canberra. For readers who love Peter Temple and Michael Connelly.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2021 .
      image of person or book cover 3583660657544324963.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 368p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2021
      ISBN: 9780733637445 (pbk), 9780733637452 (ebk)

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

The Brutal Business of Gangs Robyn Walton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 February 2021; (p. 17)

— Review of Dead Letters Michael Brissenden , 2021 single work novel ; The Second Son Loraine Peck , 2021 single work novel ; Shore Leave David Whish-Wilson , 2020 single work novel
The Brutal Business of Gangs Robyn Walton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 February 2021; (p. 17)

— Review of Dead Letters Michael Brissenden , 2021 single work novel ; The Second Son Loraine Peck , 2021 single work novel ; Shore Leave David Whish-Wilson , 2020 single work novel
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