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The Holiday Murders

By: Robert Gott
Narrated by: James Millar
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On Christmas Eve, 1943, the newly formed but undermanned Homicide division of the Melbourne police force is called to investigate the vicious double murder of a father and son. When Military Intelligence becomes involved, Homicide's Inspector Titus Lambert must unravel the personal from the political.

If only the killings had stopped at two. The police are desperate to come to grips with an extraordinary and disquieting upsurge of violence. For Constable Helen Lord, it is an opportunity to make her mark in a male-dominated world where she is patronised as a novelty. For Detective Joe Sable, the investigation forces a reassessment of his indifference to his Jewish heritage. Racing against the clock, the police uncover simmering tensions among secretive local Nazi sympathisers as a psychopathic fascist usurper makes his move.

The Holiday Murders explores a little-known and sometimes violent corner of Australian history, and finds oddly modern echoes in its paranoia, xenophobia, and ugly fervour.

©2013 Robert Gott (P)2014 Audible Studios Crime Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Murder

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Such a good listen. The characters are believable and flawed and the story line is compelling. Thoroughly recommend

Incredible

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Such a great story with an excellent narrator !! Really enjoyed this … not what I was expecting from
The title !!!

Awesome

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This is a fascinating listen and very engaging. Well delivered. I found the discussions about the art and culture really interesting - so much more than a murder mystery.

Very good listen

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I enjoyed this book and it was well performed.

Not cosy in anyway, gruesome in places with views and attitudes that are difficult to hear, but we’re held by some in that period.

The story is engaging and well told. The characters less well so, but still good enough to make we want to read more.

Overall an interesting listen, but not a who done it in the classic sense.

Aussie war crime drama

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Was gripped and sometimes terrified by this book. Luckily the author takes a stand to subdue some gruesome details at end otherwise not sure I would have got through it. A page turner.

Gripping

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