Annie Bryce Mystery series - author   novel   crime   mystery  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006-... 2006- Annie Bryce Mystery
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'Freelance journalist Annie has a bad habit of rattling skeletons in cupboards – a dangerous business, as she and her working partner photographer Steve learn to their cost. Investigations take them far and wide around Queensland, with its offbeat characters and its chequered history. When the repercussions of crimes and secrets rattle down the decades, history can often repeat itself: there’s no escaping the past – for anyone.' (Summary)

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y separately published work icon Loose Ends : An Annie Bryce Mystery Pat Noad , Burleigh : Zeus Publications , 2006 Z1277136 2006 single work novel crime mystery

'Mists swirling through the rainforest at O'Reilly's...stinging spray as catamarans race across Moreton Bay...they're all in a day's work for journalist Annie Bryce.

It's the whale research on the Sunshine Coast that triggers a mystery: the tight-lipped young English scientist, the digger dead in World War Two - can they be connected?

Annie's investigations plunge her into a world of secrets and vengeance - and more strife than she can handle...' (Publisher's blurb)

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y separately published work icon Rockhound Pat Noad , Burleigh : Zeus Publications , 2007 Z1663699 2007 single work novel crime mystery

'Journalist Annie Bryce just can't help herself. On the run from a killer who wants her dead before she can testify in a murder trial, she and photographer Steve are hustled out of town for their own protection.

But even on the arid gemfields of central Queensland Annie's nose for mystery finds fertile ground. Probing the secrets of a long-dead wheeler and dealer in sapphires, she once again discovers that there's no escaping the dark shadows of the past...'(Publisher's blurb)

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y separately published work icon Intrigue in Paradise Pat Noad , Burleigh : Zeus Publications , 2009 Z1663705 2009 single work novel crime mystery 'On Queensland's glittering Gold Coast, Annie Bryce's life is in turmoil: she's haunted by fears of revenge by a known killer and despairs over breaking up with partner Steve. And it's all downhill from there. When she takes ageing industrialist Jack Riversdale as a client, she's sucked into riptides of break-ins, pursuits, threats, even abduction. What did happen to his two sons? Why is someone so desperate to get hold of those old movies? Who can she trust? Traumatised and injured, she knows she must be closing in on the truth, but the undertows drag her ever deeper into the murky past...' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon Destination Tribulation Pat Noad , Burleigh : Zeus Publications , 2011 Z1767222 2011 single work novel crime mystery 'Annie Bryce is terrified. Her nemesis Martin Barclay is coming to kill her. The police are powerless to stop him. She knows Barclay’s revenge for putting him behind bars will be brutal. And final. A hasty move to steamy North Queensland with her boyfriend, photographer Steve, is no escape − Barclay is hot on their trail, peppering their lives with threats and destruction. Even her euphoria at an unexpected inheritance evaporates when it clouds her already stormy relationship with Steve. Isolated and anguished, Annie throws herself into researching World War Two in North Queensland, eventually uncovering a shocking long-held secret. And all the while the sadistic Barclay is closing in...' Source: www.bypatnoad.com.au/ (Sighted 18/03/2011).
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y separately published work icon Unearthed : An Annie Bryce Mystery Pat Noad , West End : Estee Media , 2012 Z1910206 2012 single work novel crime mystery 'She thinks it's all behind her, that she and photographer Steve can start a serene new life together now her nemesis the manic Martin Barclay is dead. Just two phone calls shatter journalist Annie Bryce's illusions.

Nightmares are triggered when the English detective on the Barclay case seeks her help to find his daughter, missing in Australia. Then a minor research job suddenly turns toxic: Annie is mired in a maze of old crimes and new conundrums as she heads west with Inspector Harold Mason to follow a tenuous lead to his daughter - and go on the run to escape deadly danger.

At the world-famous dinosaur digs in outback Queensland the quest for prehistoric fossils interweaves with the search for the girl, and for the shocking truth about that toxic research. Violence erupts after secrets buried deep in history are finally unearthed. How far will Annie go to reclaim the serenity she craves?' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon On the Edge : A Novel Pat Noad , West End : Esstee Media , 2016 11031790 2016 single work novel crime mystery

'Ruth Jordan has been a battler all her life - until a surprise inheritance catapults her into a strange new world of affluence. Clinging to her roots, she cautiously uses her unaccustomed wealth and time to support other women doing it tough. And that's how Rachael Anders explodes into her life.

'Desperate to protect Rachael's three young boys from the destruction swirling around them, Ruth is sucked further and further into their troubled lives. At the same time she's forced to confront the heart-stopping ghosts of her own failed family ... and all the while she's tentatively edging towards a new relationship.

'With help from her friend Annie Bryce, Ruth gradually gains confidence to deal with the challenges she faces. Annie is a minor but pivotal character in this multi-layered novel, a sounding board for the many characters each in pursuit of the same elusive goal: their happiness.

'This is a complex, moving and intruiging novel from the author of the popular 'Annie Bryce' mystery series. '

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