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Gay and Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Thriller

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From the outback to the opera.

After a thirty year career as a professional opera singer, performing as a soloist in opera houses and in concert halls all over the world, I took up a position as lecturer in music in Australia in 1999, at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, which is now part of CQUniversity.

Brought up in Australia, between the bush and the beaches of the Eastern suburbs, I retired in 2015 and now live in the tropics, writing, gardening, and finally finding time to enjoy life and to re-establish a connection with who I am after a very busy career on the stage and as an academic.

I write mostly historical gay fiction. The stories are always about relationships and the inner workings of men; sometimes my fellas get d ...more

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Average rating: 4.50 · 584 ratings · 187 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cricketer's Arms (A Clyde Smith Mystery, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 72 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh of December (The Seventh of December #1) 4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gilded Madonna (A Clyde Smith Mystery, #2) 4.75 avg rating — 48 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boys of Bullaroo: Tales of War, Aussie Mateship and more 4.37 avg rating — 52 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Australia’s Son 4.57 avg rating — 46 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House with a Thousand Stairs 4.76 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Montepulciano (The road to Montepulciano, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name is Jimmy 4.42 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grocers' Son (A Clyde Smith Mystery, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X for Extortion: 14 Manchester Square (The Seventh of December #2) 4.63 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Boomerang Street

Coming 15th September. The book will be linked in my profile once I find it starting to populate on Amazon etc. In the meantime, here's the blurb:

“ … it started off by finding a few floaters in the harbour, but that caused a huge amount of attention in the press. It’s only a theory that they’re linked, but we’ve found six men, almost skeletons, in the past seven months dumped in all sorts of place Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Garrick Jones

A Clyde Smith Mystery (4 books)
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Garrick Jones (Goodreads Author)

4.54 avg rating — 182 ratings

The Seventh of December (4 books)
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Garrick Jones (Goodreads Author)

4.52 avg rating — 128 ratings

The road to Montepulciano (2 books)
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Garrick Jones (Goodreads Author)

4.35 avg rating — 50 ratings

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Garrick Jones liked Ulysses Dietz's review of Boomerang Street: "Boomerang Street By Garrick Jones GRJ Press, 2026 Five stars I admit that I read all of Garrick Jones’s Australia-set books as a tourist. In this book, there is so much fascinating detail about life in Sydney, Australia, in 1932 as to make the book worth" Read more of this review »
Oct 26, 2026 02:43PM · see review
Garrick Jones answered Yvette's question: Hello Garrick, I have just finished Boomerang Street, congratulations, a wonderful read, any chance we can see Joe and Don in the future, bringing just deserts to the crooks? Yvette It's a nice thought and something I've been wondering about. However, if I did write a sequel, it would jump forward in time to 1939, when war is declared. Plenty of opportunity to get even with world events taking centre stage. Glad you enjoyed it. See Full Answer
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Garrick Jones and 4 other people liked Kaje Harper's review of Boomerang Street: "This book is fascinating in many ways - set in Australia in the Depression era, it gives us a look at Joe, a man who at the beginning of the story is broke to the point of not being able to afford food for himself, his chronically ill sister, and her" Read more of this review »
Sep 23, 2026 02:15PM · see review
Garrick Jones and 1 other person liked Erik's review of Boomerang Street: "Intense, emotional, moving and entertaining! As always a book by Garrick Jones is one you can't wait to read, don't want to end and just enjoy. A master storyteller!"
Sep 22, 2026 01:59PM · see review
Garrick Jones and 2 other people liked BevS's review of Boomerang Street: "4.5 stars from me. Had the pleasure once again of proofreading this one for Garrick. The story is set in 1932, 3 years after the Wall Street stock market crash, which decimated the financial markets of basically every country, and of course did not j" Read more of this review »
Sep 09, 2026 02:09PM · see review
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Garrick Jones made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Having trouble adding my book. It's listed but not attributed to me. topic " Garrick Jones https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... the Book is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... the ISBN is 978-1764346924 and it's definitely ...more "
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Garrick Jones made a comment on BevS’s review of The Road To Pienza (The Road To Montepulciano, #2) " Thank you Bev. I'll be fixing up that omission on next upload :-) ...more "
Nov 06, 2025 01:28PM · see review
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Garrick Jones made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add my title to my account topic " My book The Road to Pienza https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... paperback and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... Kindle have not been linked to ...more "
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