Mr Sinister

by Mary Costello

Detective Myles de Creag is the rising star of Melbourne’s elite Homicide Squad. He's investigating murders linked by a single clue– a mysterious scrap of artwork left at each crime scene. To help decode the clue, he consults art expert Portia Gordon. Portia is clever, ambitious and passionate about art, and her life revolves around her academic work. But the peace of her ivory-tower existence is about to be disrupted, not only by her reluctant attraction to the handsome young detective, but by the danger posed by the murderer they’re pursuing.

292 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 11, 2020

About the author

Mary Costello lives in Dublin. Her collection of short stories, The China Factory, was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. Academy Street is her first novel.