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Kandy Krush: Mirella Castle Investigates
Fiction. Adult. Crime. Mystery. Female Sleuth. LGBTI. Music Industry. Motorcycle Gangs. Indigenous. Inter Racial Multi Cultural.
When Kandy is crushed, Mirella tracks the killer.
Kandy has made it in the music industry, touring Australia and topping the dance charts, despite her manager marketing her as a trans artist. House-mate Mirella finds her dead, and Officer Marlin calls it "the case with thirty suspects".
Kandy's partner Steen wants justice, and is prepared to join the Hells Angels to make that happen. Mirella and Aboriginal housemate Shayna help Officer Marlin by acting as bait to lure suspects. Shayna attends a Sweat Lodge at an Indigenous students conference, and recalls a vital clue. Steen receives information at the funeral which leads him to Bangkok to track an evil psychopath. Set in Brisbane and Logan, Australia, Mirella rides her bike, and drives a dodgy van around the humid city, hunting down suspects. Mirella won't give up like Marlin seems to have done. Mirella's experience with crime, discrimination and police corruption starts her on her path to become an Investigator.
When Kandy is crushed, Mirella tracks the killer.
Kandy has made it in the music industry, touring Australia and topping the dance charts, despite her manager marketing her as a trans artist. House-mate Mirella finds her dead, and Officer Marlin calls it "the case with thirty suspects".
Kandy's partner Steen wants justice, and is prepared to join the Hells Angels to make that happen. Mirella and Aboriginal housemate Shayna help Officer Marlin by acting as bait to lure suspects. Shayna attends a Sweat Lodge at an Indigenous students conference, and recalls a vital clue. Steen receives information at the funeral which leads him to Bangkok to track an evil psychopath. Set in Brisbane and Logan, Australia, Mirella rides her bike, and drives a dodgy van around the humid city, hunting down suspects. Mirella won't give up like Marlin seems to have done. Mirella's experience with crime, discrimination and police corruption starts her on her path to become an Investigator.
357 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2021
About the author
Mandy Partridge
8 books139 followersMandy Curties Partridge is a writer living in Brisbane, who has done time in London and Perth. Mandarella Publishing and Productions is Mandy's company, making Books, Author Talks, Town Crier performances .
Nonfiction book, 'Acrobalances' launched in 2015 at the Mullumbimby National Circus Festival. 'Long Pork: A Political Adventure' is set in West Papua.
'Blocked Out', 'Kandy Krush', 'Wizz Fizz' and 'Acid Pops' are racy crime novels set in Brisbane, in the 2020s, the 'Mirella Castle Investigates' series.
Mandy wrote for Theatre and Circus, shows like 'Mistress Mandarella's New Boots' and 'Death wears a Red Nose'.
Mandy has spoken as an Author and Town Crier in Libraries, Bookshops, Schools, Government House, Parliament House, City Hall, and Town Crier competitions around Australia and in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Her new online course, 'Fat Hats: A Masterclass in Street Performance' is at mandy partridge dot com.
Mandy has a BA from the University of Queensland, where she edited 'Semper Floreat', and an MA from Griffith University. Partridge has been shortlisted for the Scarlet Stiletto Award, the Davitt Awards, the Australian Young Writers Award, and has written for ArtsHub, Every Writers Resource, Green Left, 4ZZZ FM, ABC RN Radio National, Q News and Cane Toad Times.
www.mandypartridge.com
Nonfiction book, 'Acrobalances' launched in 2015 at the Mullumbimby National Circus Festival. 'Long Pork: A Political Adventure' is set in West Papua.
'Blocked Out', 'Kandy Krush', 'Wizz Fizz' and 'Acid Pops' are racy crime novels set in Brisbane, in the 2020s, the 'Mirella Castle Investigates' series.
Mandy wrote for Theatre and Circus, shows like 'Mistress Mandarella's New Boots' and 'Death wears a Red Nose'.
Mandy has spoken as an Author and Town Crier in Libraries, Bookshops, Schools, Government House, Parliament House, City Hall, and Town Crier competitions around Australia and in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Her new online course, 'Fat Hats: A Masterclass in Street Performance' is at mandy partridge dot com.
Mandy has a BA from the University of Queensland, where she edited 'Semper Floreat', and an MA from Griffith University. Partridge has been shortlisted for the Scarlet Stiletto Award, the Davitt Awards, the Australian Young Writers Award, and has written for ArtsHub, Every Writers Resource, Green Left, 4ZZZ FM, ABC RN Radio National, Q News and Cane Toad Times.
www.mandypartridge.com
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June 28, 2021
Held my interest from the first page to the last
January 3, 2023
This book was a good read. I enjoyed the story line and the characters. I loved how all the friends got together to find the killer. I would definitely recommend.
I won this on a Goodreads giveaway
I won this on a Goodreads giveaway
November 6, 2023
This was a Goodreads Giveaway
I wanted to like this book. Part way through I could see it being a cheesy Netflix movie. There was too much bouncing between time and character point of view for me to keep up with the odd plot development. Every character in the book has a complicated and traumatic story that is involved with the solving of the murder.
I wanted to like this book. Part way through I could see it being a cheesy Netflix movie. There was too much bouncing between time and character point of view for me to keep up with the odd plot development. Every character in the book has a complicated and traumatic story that is involved with the solving of the murder.
July 16, 2021
Kandy Krush wasn't what I expected, the title character lives a great life, we feel for her loss. Mirella Castle seems shallow, so when her secret is exposed, it's a shock. A different slant on sexuality, police, bikers and investigators.
June 23, 2022
Kandy is a girl you can't help liking, and one of Mirella's first real friends. Student Mirella can see that the cop investigating Kandy's murder is incompetent. With her flatmates, Mark and Shayna, and Steen the biker, Mirella finds the killer. And they paint the town red.
November 8, 2023
I got this in a goodreads giveaway and was excited to read it. From the description, it sounds like an amazing story. But I couldn't get into it. Good idea for a story though! Maybe more editing?
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