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Fiction

Beams Falling by P.M. Newton

by Dean Biron
October 2014, no. 365

Beams Falling by P.M. Newton

Viking, $29.99 pb, 328 pp

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Beams Falling is a good example of its kind: a sweaty, grimy Sydney-based noir. I wish that were higher praise, but there is an endless procession of local crime fiction out there – much of which seems to emanate from Sydney – and the competition has not set the bar overly high.

 


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Beams Falling by P.M. Newton

Viking, $29.99 pb, 328 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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