Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools by Marshall Browne ISBN 1 875989 82 X $19.95 Publication date: September 2001
	CONGRATULATIONS TO MARSHALL BROWNE WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL OF 2000 FOR THE WOODEN LEG OF INSPECTOR ANDERS. This is the second book in Australian author Marshall Browne's series about an Italian detective. The first, The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders, won the Ned Kelly award for Best First Crime Novel in 2000, and has been shortlisted for the LA Times Crime Novel of 2001. In this new book, Anders is sent to Strasburg to help the French police fight terrorist attacks on executives involved in big corporate mergers across Europe. Anders finds himself torn between his own opposition to globalisation and his duty as an increasingly reluctant policeman. Marshall is also the author of an historical series set in Melbourne, and a war thriller set in Nazi Germany, The Eye of the Abyss. 'Browne writes assuredly and weaves a complex and intricate story that's as good as the majority of ... European crime novels I've read in recent years. …The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders is an impressive debut and suggests that Browne could develop a wide readership both here and overseas.' – Stuart Coupe, The Age
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