Deception Bay

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Brio Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 309 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Deceit is usually wrong, sometimes necessary and often the best course of action American MP Joe Washington and Australian Rose McAlister are swept back together when she returns to join Central Bureau, General MacArthurs code-breaking group of eccentrics. Brisbanes Bletchley Park. Again and again, Joe is drawn to the Brisbane River. A man may have jumped into the river, a code breaker allegedly drowned by suicide, and an arm with an unrecognisable tattoo is pulled from the river at the submarine base. With Roses help Joe follows the clues but he is quickly drawn into another confrontation with Frank Bischof and the Queensland Police. Industry Reviews "Deception Bay continues J.P.Powells magnificent Brisbane wartime saga. Sergeant Joe Washington, an investigator with the Provost Marshalls Office, returns to crack a mysterious death, and the case drags him into the citys dark tank stream, filled with predators and conmen, and Joes nemesis, corrupt detective Frank Big Fella Bischof. Deception Bay reads like a compulsive thriller yet is adorned with Powells effortless and often breathtaking evocation of a lost Brisbane city. With The Brisbane Line and now Deception Bay, Powell has built two mighty additions to the citys literary canon."Matt Condon "Enthralling and intriguing, Deception Bay is a finely layered murder mystery. Immaculately researched and full of great detail, Powells work depicts a fascinating side of Brisbane in WWII."Mirandi Riwoe a terrific writer and a great storyteller. The historical detail is simply phenomenal especially the military and intelligence organisations and the relationships between local and visiting forces, both military and civil.Yorick Smaal, Griffith University

ISBN: 9781922598592