Jayne Keeney is a Bangkok PI who apart from her skills as an investigator, whose sharp observations as an outsider fill the pages of this terrific novel ('his eyes were amber, but not in an attractive way. As if his skull was full of beer'), is well qualified in the areas of 'drinking, smoking and inappropriate relationships' (my kind of heroine, exactly.) She is called to investigate the alleged suicide of a young Australian volunteer in a religious organisation, a woman who is described by…
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Posted on February 21, 2011 at 4:02pm
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Hi David,
I'm one of the editors for Noir Nation, and I would love to get some more stories from Australia for Issue 2 (Issue 1 will be available Sept 1, 2011). Looking for short stories and graphic stories (comics). Maybe you have some, and could also help spread the word? We start reading for issue 2 on Oct 1.
Thank you,
Alan
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Glad to meet a fellow West Aussie. Hope all is going well with you. Look forward to getting to know you more and will definately hunt down your books! ;)
Shane - currently at Ubud Writers Festival and theoretically incommunicado.
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