Author:
Mandy Sayer
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Learn moreBlending the popular genre of crime fiction with the art of the short story, Crime and Other Pastimes reveals the interconnecting lives and deaths of unforgettable characters within an inner-city community.
After the corpse of a newborn baby is discovered in a nearby laneway, an adopted girl being raised in a funeral home finally appreciates the sanctity of her own life. A drug dealer goes missing and his many clients plot an outrageous plan to ensure his safe return, with comically fatal results. A middle-aged playwright conspires with a young university student to commit a scandalous act of literary fraud. A man takes a live-in job at the local funeral home so he can eventually transport kilos of marijuana inside funeral homeโs coffins. A co-dependent mother suspects her beloved and mentally ill son of murder, triggering a moral dilemma.
In the final, novella-length story, a young couple decides to escape the grime and noise of the city and camp on the property of an uncleโs farm, to help the uncle search for his teenage niece who has mysteriously vanished without a trace.
Mandy Sayer won the Australian-Vogel Award in 1989 for her novel Mood Indigo. She has written five works of fiction, edited one anthology (with another due for publication later this year), and written two memoirs, Dreamtime Alice, which won the 2000 National Biography Award and Velocity, which won the Age Non-Fiction Prize. She lives in Sydney.
Australian voice artist and actress Casey Withoos holds a Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice) from The University of Melbourne. She is perhaps best known around the country for her appearance on the inaugural season of The Voice Australia (2012). Casey is a regular cast member with Boilerhouse Theatre Company and The Mount Players where she has starred in Sweeney Todd, Spamalot, Xanadu and Les Miserables โ to name a few. A highly skilled narrator, Casey has recorded over 30 audiobooks across a range of genres in just 12 months.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Casey Withoos
ISBN:
9780655642077
Length:
6 hours 45 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Publication date:
April 1, 2020
Edition:
Unabridged