My Island Homicide

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: First Edition

Description: 321 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Crime and courtroom drama meet island humour and romance in this award-winning debut novel. When Thea Dari-Jones takes the job as Officer in Charge of the Thursday Island police station in Torres Strait, she has no idea that her desire to start anew and return to her mothers Islander roots will be the greatest challenge of her life. Arriving with visions of enjoying a relaxed, idyllic island lifestyle, what she finds instead is a close-knit community divided by a brutal crime. But a coincidental meeting with Islander fisherman Jonah shows her a gentler side of life in the tropics. As Thea investigates the tragedy, a series of surprising events lead her through the landscape and language of the locals, most of whom are convinced that maydh, or black magic, is responsible. As the case goes to trial, Thea has to choose between the life shes left behind and the unexpected ties of her new island home. Read Caroline Baums Review Remember that TV series RAN (Remote Area Nurse) Well, this has the same feel as that. Its set on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait and written with such a lovely sense of place that you can almost feel the warm air on your skin. When Thea takes a job as the officer in charge of the local police station, she reconnects with her mothers islander roots, but instead of a relaxed idyll she finds herself caught up in a community divided by a brutal crime. Whats more, the locals believe that maydh, their version of black magic, is involved. Fortunately for Thea, life is not all crime solving. An encounter with a dishy fisherman shows her the potential for another life in the tropics. The author, who lived on TI and fell in love with her own fisherman, writes with a genuine affection and respect for Islander people and their culture and captures the slower rhythms of their days in this very likeable yarn.

ISBN: 9780702249716