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Is part of Charlie Berlin Mystery Series Geoff McGeachin , 2010 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 St Kilda Blues
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'Melbourne's first serial killer is at work and only one man can stop him.

'It's 1967, the summer of love, and in swinging Melbourne Detective Sergeant Charlie Berlin has been hauled out of exile in the Fraud Squad to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl, the daughter of a powerful and politically connected property developer. As Berlin's inquiries uncover more missing girls he gets an uneasy feeling he may be dealing with the city's first serial killer.

'Berlin's investigation leads him through inner-city discothèques, hip photographic studios, the emerging drug culture and into the seedy back streets of St Kilda. The investigation also brings up ghosts of Berlin's past, disturbing memories of the casual murder of a young woman he witnessed in dying days of WW11.

'As in war, some victories come at a terrible cost and Berlin will have to face an awful truth and endure an unimaginable loss before his investigation is over.

'St Kilda Blues is the third novel in the Charlie Berlin series. Both previous novels, The Diggers Rest Hotel and Blackwattle Creek, won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction in 2011 and 2013 respectively.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2014 .
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      Extent: 400p.
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      • Published: 28/05/2014
      ISBN: 9780670075898
    • Lidcombe, Auburn - Homebush area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Booktopia Editions , 2021 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 7th July 2021
      ISBN: 9781925995961

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Review : St Kilda Blues Judith Vagg , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2014; (p. 42)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Berlin's Battle with the Lingering Scars of War Sue Turnbull , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 August 2014; (p. 33)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Battle with the Lingering Scars of War Sue Turnbull , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 August 2014; (p. 26-27)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Fiction : St Kilda Blues Barry Dick , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 June 2014; (p. 27)
[Untitled] Sarina Gale , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 93 no. 4 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
[Untitled] Sarina Gale , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 93 no. 4 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Battle with the Lingering Scars of War Sue Turnbull , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 August 2014; (p. 26-27)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Berlin's Battle with the Lingering Scars of War Sue Turnbull , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 August 2014; (p. 33)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Review : St Kilda Blues Judith Vagg , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2014; (p. 42)

— Review of St Kilda Blues Geoff McGeachin , 2014 single work novel
Fiction : St Kilda Blues Barry Dick , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 June 2014; (p. 27)
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