Malicious Intent (novel)
Malicious Intent (2004) is a crime novel by Australian author Kathryn Fox. It won the Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel and was shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards – Best First Novel in 2005. Plot summary. Pathologist and forensic physician, Dr Anya Crichton, discovers a link between the death of a teenage girl from a drug overdose and a number of apparent suicides. Reviews. Philippa Stockley in "The Washington Post" called the novel "Oddball but brilliant". Sophie Groom in Australia reviewed it as well