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Reprisal
307 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1994
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Peter Yeldham
24 books17 followersPeter Yeldham has been a writer since the age of seventeen, when he wrote short stories and radio scripts. He went to England, intending to stay a year and stayed nearly twenty, writing for British television in the nineteen sixties, then feature films and stage plays, including the highly successful “Birds on the Wing” and “Fringe Benefits” which ran for two years in Paris. He has written another five plays for the theatre and collaborated on the musical “Seven Little Australians.”
His Australian work includes numerous mini-series, among them 1915, Captain James Cook, The Alien Years, All the Rivers Run, The Heroes, Heroes ll – The Return, The Far Country, Run from the Morning, The Timeless Land, Ride on Stranger and The Battlers. He adapted Bryce Courtenay’s novel Jessica which won the 2005 Logie award for best mini-series. He is the author of eight previous novels, which include A Bitter Harvest, Without Warning, The Currency Lads, Against The Tide, and The Murrumbidgee Kid.
In 1991 he received an Order of Australia Medal for achievement in film and television, and in 2003 a Centenary Medal for services to Australian writing. Industry honours include six Australian Writing Awards, a British Guild Award , and a nomination for an International Emmy for his television drama, Captain James Cook.
His Australian work includes numerous mini-series, among them 1915, Captain James Cook, The Alien Years, All the Rivers Run, The Heroes, Heroes ll – The Return, The Far Country, Run from the Morning, The Timeless Land, Ride on Stranger and The Battlers. He adapted Bryce Courtenay’s novel Jessica which won the 2005 Logie award for best mini-series. He is the author of eight previous novels, which include A Bitter Harvest, Without Warning, The Currency Lads, Against The Tide, and The Murrumbidgee Kid.
In 1991 he received an Order of Australia Medal for achievement in film and television, and in 2003 a Centenary Medal for services to Australian writing. Industry honours include six Australian Writing Awards, a British Guild Award , and a nomination for an International Emmy for his television drama, Captain James Cook.
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December 8, 2014
Read it in a readers digest collection in hospital.
Three men use the sewers to rob the strong box room in the Haymarket branch of the Commonwealth bank, without leaving a clue as to their identity, and laundering the money without trace.
Seven years later people are being murdered around them, they realise that someone is aware of their involvement and is moving in on them.
At the same time the police working on a tip from an illegal phone tap reopen the case, and are also moving in.
It's a good well written story, with well developed characters.
Three men use the sewers to rob the strong box room in the Haymarket branch of the Commonwealth bank, without leaving a clue as to their identity, and laundering the money without trace.
Seven years later people are being murdered around them, they realise that someone is aware of their involvement and is moving in on them.
At the same time the police working on a tip from an illegal phone tap reopen the case, and are also moving in.
It's a good well written story, with well developed characters.
Displaying 1 of 1 review