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Is part of Carmine Delmonico Colleen McCullough , 2005 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel
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'The year is 1967 and the world teeters on the brink of nuclear holocaust as the Cold War goes relentlessly on. On a beautiful spring day in the little city of Holloman, Connecticut, home to prestigious Chubb University and armaments giant Cornucopia, chief of detectives Captain Carmine Delmonico has more pressing concerns than finding a name for his infant son: twelve murders have taken place in one day, and Delmonico is drawn into a gruesome web of secrets and lies.

'Supported by his detective sergeants Abe Goldberg and Corey Marshall, and new team member the meticulous Delia Carstairs, Delmonico embarks on what looks like an unsolvable mystery. All the murders are different, and they all seem unconnected. Are they dealing with one killer, or many? How is the murder of Dee-Dee Hall, a local prostitute, related to the deaths of a mother and her disabled child? How is Chubb student Evan Pugh connected to Desmond Skeps, head of Cornucopia? And as if twelve murders were not enough, Carmine soon finds himself pitted against the mysterious Ulysses, a spy giving Cornucopia′s armaments secrets to the Russians. Are the murders and espionage different cases, or are they somehow linked?

'As the overtaxed police force contends with small town politics, academic rivalry, and corporate greed, the death toll mounts, and Carmine and his team discover that the answers are not what they seem -- but then, are they ever?'  Source: www.harpercollins.com.au/ (Sighted 17/03/2010).

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  • Dedication: For WAYDE loyal, loving, kind, generous. The best son a father was ever gifted with.

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    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2009 .
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    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2010 .
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Works about this Work

Cornucopia of Death Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
It All Happened One Night Winsor Dobbin , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 31 January 2010; (p. 13)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 January 2010; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
The Victim of Great Expectations Amanda Horswill , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 December 2009; (p. 23)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 December 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 December 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
The Victim of Great Expectations Amanda Horswill , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 December 2009; (p. 23)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 January 2010; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
It All Happened One Night Winsor Dobbin , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 31 January 2010; (p. 13)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
Cornucopia of Death Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of Too Many Murders : A Carmine Delmonico Novel Colleen McCullough , 2009 single work novel
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