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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Murderer's Thumb
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'Adam discovers a body buried in a silage pit. Is it one of the teenage girls who went missing from Falcon Ridge six years ago?

'And where is the author of the diary Adam finds in the old farmhouse? Some locals are willing to do anything to get their hands on the missing pages. Will Adam be able to piece together the mystery in time to save himself?

'Murderer's Thumb is a novel about what happens when outsiders uncover secrets that have been hidden for too long.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Reading Group Guide available through the Text Publishing website.
  • One of the 250 books chosen for the 2009 White Ravens Selection. (The list honours outstanding new international books for children and young adults and is chosen by the Internationale Jugend Bibliothek.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2008 .
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      Extent: 299p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2008
      ISBN: 9781921351488
Alternative title: Den Tod in der Hand
Language: German

Works about this Work

[Review] Murderer's Thumb Jo Goodman , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 33-34)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
Beth Montgomery Beth Montgomery , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 6)
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Heather Haskett , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 43)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Anke Seib , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 15 November no. 46 2008; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Kevin Steinberger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 16 no. 4 2008; (p. 31)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
Missing Persons Ruth Starke , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 306 2008; (p. 62-63)

— Review of Goodbye Jamie Boyd Elizabeth Fensham , 2008 single work novella ; Saltwater Moons Julie Gittus , 2008 single work novel ; Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Sally Harding , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Kevin Steinberger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 16 no. 4 2008; (p. 31)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Jo Goodman , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 33-34)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Murderer's Thumb Anke Seib , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 15 November no. 46 2008; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Murderer's Thumb Beth Montgomery , 2008 single work novel
Beth Montgomery Beth Montgomery , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 6)
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