A Whisper In The Grass: Australian crime fiction noir

by Warren Hately

Who murdered Rebecca Brunella? And why did they decapitate the young woman's body and drain her blood after death? The murder is the brutal first assignment for damaged police detective Jan de Vlamingh after getting dumped in the remote coastal town of Anglesey following a shooting in the city. Did the dead woman have links to the occult? The sex trade? Drug syndicates? What about the ongoing investigation into coastal serial murders police are dubbing Operation Highwayman? And did de Vlamingh's flirtatious encounter with the murdered woman just days before her death play any part? Fans of Peter Temple, Peter Corris and Anna Snoekstra will love A Whisper In The Grass because of its grimy foray into the dark underbelly of a remote West Australian town and an ending that will leave you breathless. Click to buy.

Genres: Australia

242 pages, Paperback

Published June 8, 2018

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Whisper In The Grass is about respect, murder in a rural Western Australian Community. Detective Constable Jan de Vlamingh first investigation after transferring to Anglesey's Police Station after an incident in Perth that nearly killed him was the death of a young woman who he knew Rebecca Brunella. However, the case became complicated for Detective Constable Jan de Vlamingh due to his association with Rebecca. The readers of A Whisper In The Grass will continue to follow Jan de Vlamingh investigation into the murder of Rebecca Brunella. Also, the readers of A Whisper In The Grass will not suspect the ending of this book.

A Whisper In The Grass is the first book I have read of Warren Hately, and it will not be the last. Warren Hately engaged me from the start with the way he portrayed his characters and their interaction with each other throughout the book. A Whisper In the Grass is well written and researched by Warren Hately. I like the description of the settings and the way they complimented Warren Hately plot for this book.

The readers of A Whisper In The Grass will learn about the problems small rural newspapers have in surviving in small isolated Australian communities. Also, the readers of A Whisper In The Grass will learn about Flanders a district in the northern region of Belgium.

I recommend this book

[gordon wilson and sandra wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crime of Passion

In my opinion Warren Hately has written a suburb novel with this work and would be a great movie. Attention to detail and a roller coaster ride for the reader. A nail biter.

[font 2know · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stand-Out Protagonist and Creepy Villains

The protagonists have to become as ruthless as those they are up against. Violence builds as the plot develops. The carefully detailed setting underpins the action to such an extent that it becomes almost like another character.

[Cindra Mueller · Rating 1 out of 5]

WTF

Nope, hated it! What more can I say! Nope,horrible ending! Probably the worse review I have ever given a book ever!

[Ian Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

A whodunit set on the mid Western Australian coast. The lead detective, as to be expected in the genre nowadays, battles his own demons, with a surprise ending. A good Australian noir read.

[Michael A Zaffiri · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn’t a bad story but it was a little difficult to get through because of the Australian lingo. The other issue is that it ends in a cliff hanger and I didn’t know that.

[Patricia Reinke · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring

Main character was a douchebag. I did not like this book at all. A total waste of time. I will not read this author again.