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Blood Sunset

Blood Sunset by Jarad Henry

by Tony Smith
July–August 2008, no. 303

Blood Sunset by Jarad Henry

Arena, $29.95 pb, 327pp

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Detective Rubens McCauley has recovered almost fully from a gunshot wound suffered while exposing corrupt Melbourne cops: see Head Shot (2005). Colleague Cassie Withers supports McCauley, but his superior officer wishes him elsewhere. His private life teeters on the brink: he has neglected his mother who suffered a stroke; he has unresolved issues with his father; his brother wants him to counsel his niece about the dangers of party drugs; and he hopes to revive his relationship with his estranged wife.

 


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Blood Sunset by Jarad Henry

Arena, $29.95 pb, 327pp

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