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Finchie: The Makings of Murder
Meet Finchie, a lovable rogue. See the world through his eyes, understand his motives, take his risks, enjoy his successes, suffer his pains and be captivated by the colourful characters who cross Finchie’s path and the deadly games they play.
The first of a three-part series, Finchie and the Makings of Murder combines art and adventure in a unique blend of mystery, murder, humour and romance.
A talented artist and athlete, but with little ambition, Finchie settles for a quiet life producing paintings of the remote Australian outback. But when he accidentally kills a man in the Gibson desert, he is caught up in a series of crimes and escapades that span the country from the tropical north to the rural countryside of the south. The plot unfolds over four interwoven yarns which combine, ultimately, into a final, gripping showdown.
Told by Finchie himself with his artist’s eye for the landscape and the times, the cast of lovable and loathsome characters will fire your imagination, and the liberal dose of wry Aussie humour makes this rural noir a compelling, page-turning novel … unlike any you have read.
The author has the gift of narrative and plot. Amazingly confident and nimble – it just swaggers along and sweeps the reader with it – a great contribution to Australian noir. Finchie is a fully-drawn character, and the smart-arsenal of jokes is excellent, wry, Australian all the way through. Helen Elliott, literary journalist and writer; reviewer for major Australian publications.
I enjoyed the fiendishly clever and satisfying plot. I relished the lively use of similes and metaphor and found its denouement entirely satisfying. Finchie reminded of one of my favourite Australian fictional crime solvers, Murray Whelan (author Shane Maloney). Dr Euan Mitchell. PhD - Arts - Commercial and Creative writing. Author; lecturer; publisher; mentor to new and emerging writers; award winning script writer.
If I were 30 years younger, playing Finchie in a TV series would be a gig to die for – no actor in their right mind would turn it down – it’s that good. Kenneth Radley. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Year of the Dog; The New Boy, and multiple TV roles.
The first of a three-part series, Finchie and the Makings of Murder combines art and adventure in a unique blend of mystery, murder, humour and romance.
A talented artist and athlete, but with little ambition, Finchie settles for a quiet life producing paintings of the remote Australian outback. But when he accidentally kills a man in the Gibson desert, he is caught up in a series of crimes and escapades that span the country from the tropical north to the rural countryside of the south. The plot unfolds over four interwoven yarns which combine, ultimately, into a final, gripping showdown.
Told by Finchie himself with his artist’s eye for the landscape and the times, the cast of lovable and loathsome characters will fire your imagination, and the liberal dose of wry Aussie humour makes this rural noir a compelling, page-turning novel … unlike any you have read.
The author has the gift of narrative and plot. Amazingly confident and nimble – it just swaggers along and sweeps the reader with it – a great contribution to Australian noir. Finchie is a fully-drawn character, and the smart-arsenal of jokes is excellent, wry, Australian all the way through. Helen Elliott, literary journalist and writer; reviewer for major Australian publications.
I enjoyed the fiendishly clever and satisfying plot. I relished the lively use of similes and metaphor and found its denouement entirely satisfying. Finchie reminded of one of my favourite Australian fictional crime solvers, Murray Whelan (author Shane Maloney). Dr Euan Mitchell. PhD - Arts - Commercial and Creative writing. Author; lecturer; publisher; mentor to new and emerging writers; award winning script writer.
If I were 30 years younger, playing Finchie in a TV series would be a gig to die for – no actor in their right mind would turn it down – it’s that good. Kenneth Radley. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Year of the Dog; The New Boy, and multiple TV roles.
361 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 19, 2022
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