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A COLLECTION OF POLICE-THEMED SHORT CRIME FICTION
Sandi Wallace’s first short-fiction collection, includes award-winners, along with new and never-before released crime verse and stories.
Peril, humour, heartbreak, justice... no two police shifts are the same.
Teaser
The highs and lows of cops on the job. The cases that make them, break them, bring them laughs, maybe even love.
Police on the beat, working one-officer shops, and seasoned detectives pursue a cunning home intruder, a full-moon prankster, false friends, vengeful partners.
Adrenaline-charged car chases, unsanctioned surveillance, intense interrogation. The impact of a child’s tragic death. The import of unearthing what happened to an infant and her mother. Lives saved and crooks captured.
This gripping collection of Sandi Wallace’s award-winning short fiction — “Busted”, “Silk Versus Sierra” and “Losing Heidi” — along with new and never-before released verse and stories, includes “Impact”, a finalist in the international Cutthroat Rick DeMarinis Short Story Contest.
Reviews
“All I can say is brilliant. Sandi Wallace packs as much punch into her short crime stories as she does into her novels.”
Elaine Raphael, Goodreads reader
“Wallace’s stories pay homage to those dedicated men and women who serve and safeguard the public as they patrol the thin blue line. There are triumphs and tragedies, there’s violence and drama and death, but also humour and even a hint of romance. The settings, the dialogue with its Aussie jargon and the characters place these stories firmly in twenty-first century Australia. Despite the brevity of these tales, Wallace convincingly renders cops who believe their work makes a positive difference to a community that is their first priority.”
Marianne Vincent, Reviewer
“Wallace is a courageous writer, tackling the confronting and hard-hitting with sensitivity and depth of understanding. Her protagonists, the cops ‘on the job’, are sharply crafted and authentic…Wallace charms her readers with tales that not only grip, they present socially realistic worlds, especially of rural Australia. There can be no doubt the author has done her research. These are stories that linger, long after they are read.”
Isobel Blackthorn, Reviewer, educator, author
