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Michael Robotham is a former journalist and coauthor of a dozen bestselling autobiographies published in the UK. He lives on the northern beaches is Sydney. His second book, Lost, won the 2005 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel. You can visit Michael's website at www.michaelrobotham.com |
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| The Suspect (2004) *** Buy *** | The Night Ferry (2007) *** Buy *** |
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Lost (2005) (apa The Drowning Man) *** Buy *** |
Shatter (2008) |
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The Suspect : Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life - a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient and the biggest lie of his life.
When a young woman is found dead by a London canal with multiple stab wounds - all of them self-inflicted - the police ask Joe for help. Are they dealing with a murder or a suicide? Who is the victim? Reluctantly, he agrees to help and the brutalised body he views at the mortuary turns out to be someone he knows: Catherine Mary McBride, a nurse and former colleague.
At the same time, Joe is grappling with a troubled young patient, Bobby Moran, who suffers terrible headaches and violent dreams that are becoming more real. As Bobby's behaviour grows increasingly erratic, Joe ponders what he's done in the past and what he might do next. The truth is more sinister and frightening than he could ever imagine.
Caught in a complex web of deceit and obsessed by images of the slain girl, Joe embarks upon a search that will take him from London to Liverpool and into the darkest recesses of the human mind. Ultimately, he will risk everything to unmask the killer and save his family. |
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Lost : Eighty-five steps and then darkness... She's gone. Vanished. Not from my memory but within these walls where water sings in metal pipes and soot-stained bricks crumble at the edges. How can a child disappear in a building with only five floors and eleven flats?
Everyone knows that Mickey Carlyle is dead and a man is in prison for her murder. Everybody that is except Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz who cannot stop searching and hoping. He is found one night, clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, with a bullet in his leg and a photograph of Mickey in his pocket. Nearby is a boat that looks like a floating abattoir. Ruiz's service pistol is missing and so is his memory. Under investigation by his colleagues and accused of faking amnesia, his only hope of unravelling the puzzle is to retrace his steps and relive that night with the help of psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin. Facts, not memories, solve cases. Facts, not memories will tell him what happened to Mickey Carlyle. |
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