Review: An entertaining mystery set in Australia...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
Because I'm part Irish, I've always suspected that I have distant relatives spread across the world, including Australia.  Still, traveling to that country is quite the endeavor, so it's interesting to read books set in that country.  Rather than different landscapes, though (some hopping around the country is done), this book focuses more on differences in academic life.  By itself, that was interesting, but the differences only heighten interest in what is a well-written and entertaining mystery.Happy, functional families are a myth.  Although this book is (the first?) in a series about a middle-aged detective, an Englishman immigrant to Australia, the protagonist is really a member of a very dysfunctional family.  He was adopted and his brother is the murder victim.  The protagonist is suspect. University staff are also involved as the reader, along with the protagonist, sorts through all the webs woven by diverse egos and their deceits.  Very entertaining.  Also a good book to look at if you're learning to write mysteries--it has all the ingredients of suspense and misdirects.(The reviewer "purchased" the ebook--a free KDP Select download--in order to read and review this book.)