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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Tribute
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'A serial killer is stalking through Sydney, hell-bent on recreating scenes from the Fabrica, the 16th-century foundation text of modern anatomy. The spate of cold, methodical attacks has the city on edge, but the serial killer may not even be the darkest player in this story.

'Desperate for a breakthrough, decorated homicide detective David Murphy draws into the case his art historian sister, Joanna, and Sylvia, his wife. Unravelling the mystery of who is behind the killings pushes each beyond the limits of what they thought possible.' (Publication summary)

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2021 .
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      Extent: 384p.
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      • Published 29 June 2021
      ISBN: 9781922419859

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Monsters : A Hitchcockian Crime Début Jay Daniel Thompson , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 434 2021; (p. 41)

— Review of The Tribute John Byron , 2021 single work novel

'The Tribute begins with a corpse. And not just any corpse. This body is discovered in a Sydney terrace house with its organs removed. One detective describes the crime as ‘butchery’, and that’s an understatement. This murder is the work of Stephen Porter, a deceptively bland chap who uses his bank job to secure the schedules and addresses of victims. These victims are then dissected as ‘tributes’ to the Fabrica, a collection of sixteenth-century anatomy books.'  (Introduction)

Monsters : A Hitchcockian Crime Début Jay Daniel Thompson , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 434 2021; (p. 41)

— Review of The Tribute John Byron , 2021 single work novel

'The Tribute begins with a corpse. And not just any corpse. This body is discovered in a Sydney terrace house with its organs removed. One detective describes the crime as ‘butchery’, and that’s an understatement. This murder is the work of Stephen Porter, a deceptively bland chap who uses his bank job to secure the schedules and addresses of victims. These victims are then dissected as ‘tributes’ to the Fabrica, a collection of sixteenth-century anatomy books.'  (Introduction)

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