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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Drive By
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'John Habib is the mechanic son of a Muslim Lebanese-Australian crime family in Sydney's Western suburbs. His oldest brother is in a maximum security prison, his middle brother is becoming increasingly fundamentalist, and his younger brother Rafi is on trial for a murder he swears he didn't commit. John has no reason to disbelieve Rafi but there are things going on in the family that he just doesn't understand. Why has his brother taken control of the family away from their father? Are the police really trying to set up Rafi? And what is the compelling evidence they say will put him away? John sets out to prove Rafi's innocence in the face of his predatory older brothers and some Lebanese-hating cops.

'Bec Ralston is a good detective who doesn't know why she's been ordered to attend Rafi's trial. She was previously thrown off the investigation for voicing the opinion that Rafi might be innocent. As the court case goes badly wrong, she finds herself torn between her loyalty to the senior police she respects and the truth.

'Not since Peter Temple's The Broken Shore and Truth has the world of criminals and police been so uncompromisingly and authentically drawn. This brilliant, fast-paced novel will seize you from its first page and not let you go till long after its explosive, mind-twisting conclusion.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 379p.
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      • Published August 2013
      ISBN: 9781743312636 (pbk.) :

Works about this Work

Doing Time in Sydney's Courts Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2013; (p. 24-25)
'Some crime writers get into the genre only because they like reading true crime. But Michael Duffy has done the hard yards as a crime journalist, sitting around the waiting rooms of Sydney courts for many long hours and eavesdropping on the players in various felonies. He tells Daniel Herborn about his apprenticeship and his new novel.' (Publication summary)
Dirty Machinery Drives Glitzy City Ed Wright , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of Drive By Michael Duffy , 2013 single work novel
Interview : Michael Duffy Caroline Baum , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 28-29) The Canberra Times , 17 August 2013; (p. 17)
Dirty Machinery Drives Glitzy City Ed Wright , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of Drive By Michael Duffy , 2013 single work novel
Interview : Michael Duffy Caroline Baum , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 28-29) The Canberra Times , 17 August 2013; (p. 17)
Doing Time in Sydney's Courts Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2013; (p. 24-25)
'Some crime writers get into the genre only because they like reading true crime. But Michael Duffy has done the hard yards as a crime journalist, sitting around the waiting rooms of Sydney courts for many long hours and eavesdropping on the players in various felonies. He tells Daniel Herborn about his apprenticeship and his new novel.' (Publication summary)
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