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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Greg Cornwell
Most people see Canberra as Australia's National Capital and the headquarters of its Federal Parliament and boring politics. Of course it's much more than that.
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Criticism of meetings of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is hardly surprising. Apart from the expense with delegates from all over the world of varied races, religions and repute, personal…
Bodies can be heavenly or busy or beautiful … or dead. John Order, local Member of Parliament, was drawn into the death by an unusual source but soon found himself…
A nursing home in a rural town. Residents are inexplicably dying earlier than expected, much to the concern of Twilight’s Board. Who is behind these mysterious deaths? And why? How…
SUMMER & THE HEAT’S ON JOHN ORDER A seaside holiday on the New South Wales Sapphire Coast for stressed out Canberra public servants, politicians recovering from an election or people…
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It was the usual open and shut case… A woman stands over her very dead estranged husband in a motel room with a discharged gun in her hand. Except John…
Introducing John Order, recently elected member of the local ACT parliament, who is under the gun literally, just doing his job.
And it doesn’t get any better.
There’s a body…
A second novella set in Canberra, Australia, with John Order MLA, politician and sleuth.
Stories about problem issues many people feel powerless to alter in our society like population, social change, development and domestic violence. But not everybody. A few people are prepared to…
Canberra, Country, City, whatever, wherever, the subject is the same. People die, motives are mixed and popular Detective Inspector Maria Lech is back, relocated to Canberra. Enjoy the mayhem.
Why would a shady businessman go to considerable lengths to disappear overseas only to return home to Canberra to be murdered? One of several questions puzzling John Order from a…
Roman imperialism has historically been viewed as displays of masculine power and agency. This volume explores the intersection of imperialism and gender to deepen our understanding of systems of power…
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