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Dust Off the Bones (Hardback)
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Dust Off the Bones (Hardback)

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Hardback 416 Pages
Published: 26/08/2021
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In this gripping sequel to Only Killers and Thieves, Howarth returns to the Australian outback weaving another fast-paced and intricate story of two brothers, traumatic memories and the hunger for retribution.

Even in the vast outback, the past can't stay buried for ever

Death follows Tommy McBride everywhere. Five years ago his family was murdered, now a freak accident sends him fleeing into the wilderness of the Australian outback with a man lying dead in his wake. But Tommy is haunted by even worse - as children, he and his brother Billy witnessed the state-sanctioned massacre of the Kurrong people, and they haven't seen each other since.

When an official enquiry is launched into the massacre, the successful life that Billy has built for himself comes under threat. He desperately needs to find Tommy, long disappeared into the bush. And he's not the only one - ruthless Inspector Noone, the man with perhaps the most to hide, is on Tommy's trail as well.

Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781911590538
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 216 x 135 mm


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Dust Off the Bones is a terrific sequel to one of my favourite novels of the last few years and takes us in a new and wholly unexpected direction with many of our favourite characters from Only Killers and Thieves. Highly recommended Dust Off The Bones is a blood-soaked outback saga that brings Australia's bleak history to vivid, page-turning life. Packed with compelling characters and shocking turns, this is essential reading, taking us from the heart of deepest darkness to a place of fragile hope. A brilliant, layered novel unlike anything else you'll read this year. Do not miss it Howarth has been compared to Cormac McCarthy; this pair of books shows the comparison is deserved A gripping tale of adventure The villainous inspector Edward Noone... is one of the most compelling antagonists in recent historical fiction... It is testament to Howarth's skill as a writer that his narrative both engages and challenges in its accomplished depiction of a brutal and violent age A gripping story with a pace that fizzes and crackles like a bushfire, featuring one of the most compelling villains in crime fiction Gripping A tale of violence and redemption in the Australian Outback... Fast-paced and brimming with colorful, realistic detail... A classic cowboy saga is transformed into a complex, sophisticated morality play As searing and savage as the Australian frontier setting... [A] masterly tale of trauma and retribution Arresting, powerful, and very much worth reading A riveting, action-packed tale [A] powerful and gripping historical drama... This is beautifully understated writing that allows a human tragedy to speak for itself. This is also a sweeping epic that explores the cruelty, intolerance and pitilessness of colonial Australia. Howarth creates strong believable characters and makes the best of the barren landscape and harsh climate. This is an original, thought provoking and poignant story. It might make you weep, it will certainly stay with you. This is the kind of novel that makes crime fiction relevant There's something of a Clint Eastwood western about this novel.... A suspenseful adventure story This is a strong, violent historical novel based on blood-soaked history but it's also a quest for redemption and Howarth's is a compelling pen An absorbing Australian cowboy saga full of true grit

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“Fast paced Outback adventure”

Dust off the Bones is a book dripping with intrigue and a sense of permanent peril. Howarth has keenly created the dangerous world of the Australian outback at the turn of the century where the rule of the law was... More

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“Brilliant”

If Howarth's first book, Only Killers and Thieves, demonstrated took a look at some of the horrors of colonialism, then it's sequel, Dust Off the Bones offers a look into how society of the time reacted to... More

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