Patricia Carlon Books In Order

Jefferson Shields Books In Order

  1. Death by Demonstration (1970)
  2. The Souvenir (1970)

Novels

  1. Who Are You, Linda Condrick? (1962)
  2. The Price of an Orphan (1964)
  3. Crime of Silence (1965)
  4. The Unquiet Night (1965)
  5. The Running Woman (1966)
  6. Hush, It’s a Game (1967)
  7. See Nothing, Say Nothing (1967)
  8. Forty Pieces of Alloy (1968)
  9. The Whispering Wall (1969)

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Patricia Carlon Books Overview

Death by Demonstration

An anti Vietnam War demonstration by angry Australian college students in the sixties results in the death of a young woman marcher. No one seems to know how she came to be struck down. But as the police seek to charge one of the leaders of the protest, Jefferson Shields, a private detective, eliminates the most likely suspects and, a la G. K. Chesterton, identifies the only possible culprit.

The Souvenir

Four years after the murder of her brother, Marion joins forces with Jefferson Shields to discover which of two hitchhiking girls was responsible for the killing.

Who Are You, Linda Condrick?

Praise for Patricia Carlon:’Patricia Carlon poses a stunning puzzle.’ The New York Times Book Review’Crafty…
deserves a TV series of its own…
I ve compared her with…
Alfred Hitchcock.’ Chicago Tribune’Clever, understated, and altogether expert.’ Kirkus Reviews ‘As good as Alfred Hitchcock at his best.’ Publishers Weekly, starred The charred body of a swagman is found after a bushfire in the Australian outback. How did the hobo die? Could he have been murdered? Patricia Carlon recently passed away. She was the author of fourteen crime novels, nine now available from Soho Crime.

The Price of an Orphan

Nine year old Johnnie, an orphan from the city, has recently been placed with Stuart and Kay Heath, who live in the Australian outback on Quidong Station, a cattle ranch they run for its wealthy owner. But Johnnie is not quite the foster child they had in mind; in Kay’s opinion he is ‘cheeky and lazy, cowardly and stubborn.’ So when he claims to have witnessed a murder, they remind him of the boy who cried wolf. Finally, he admits he was lying. Johnnie is about to be sent back to the orphanage when he and Kay are invited on a camping trip. A special treat to give Johnnie another chance to adjust to life in the outback? Or a cunning trap?

Crime of Silence

A brilliantly plotted mystery by one of Australia’s best suspense writers. A child has been kidnapped. His father, Evan Kiley, a newspaper reporter, telephones the home of the Wintons, a well to do family whose daughter had been abducted a year or so earlier. The Wintons paid the ransom and their child was restored to them; they did not call the police. Now Kiley blames this decision for his son’s abduction, and George Winton feels guilty. The men who took Robin Kiley may well have been the same kidnappers; the new crime seems to follow the same pattern as the old. Perhaps if Winton had notified the authorities, the criminals would have been caught and the Kileys’ son would have been spared. So Winton agrees to help Kiley in his time of need, and gradually the two are drawn together in a plot to thwart the kidnappers and get the boy back. But something goes wrong, and a murder is committed. As in all of Patricia Carlon’s subtle psychological thrillers, the climax of this chilling novel is utterly unpredictable.

The Unquiet Night

Nine year old Ann has been taken to a nature reserve by her Aunt Rachel. As they are leaving, she sees a strange young man staring at them. After his panic subsides, the young man, Mart, realizes that they may be able to connect him to the girl he’s just strangled. Hence a game of cat and mouse begins as Mart stalks them and other inhabitants of their small Australian town. Will Ann and her aunt escape?

The Running Woman

A fair haired woman in white is observed running from Larapinta Creek Bridge; soon after, the body of a girl is found, drowned. Did she fall or was she pushed? Suspicions in the quiet Australian community point to a pretty blonde, Gabriel Endicott, a widow living alone by the creek. Gabriel’s efforts to dissuade the police and neighbors only arouse more doubt as to her innocence, even in those who most want to believe in her.

Hush, It’s a Game

A small girl has been locked inside the kitchen of an apartment in which her baby sitter has been murdered. It is Christmas week; her mother is dead, her father away on business. No one will miss her until he returns. Can she free herself before the murderer realizes his mistake and comes back to kill her?

The Whispering Wall

‘This striking suspense story of an elderly woman living a dual nightmare delivers a subtle wallop’. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. ‘This Australian psychodrama is not only an excruciatingly exact study in terror but a subtle lesson in the horrendous difficulties of communication’. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW.

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