The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders

by Marshall Browne

B Format ISBN 1 875989 58 7
$18.50
Publication date: March 2000

A Format 1 876631 15 5
$16.95
Publication date: December 2001

 

   

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARSHALL BROWNE
WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL OF 2000

NOW SOLD TO PUBLISHERS IN THE US, THE UK, GERMANY AND SPAIN

Mystery debuts don't come much better than this … The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders straps us into a truly hair-raising ride that nonetheless has the feel of a classic hero's journey. --Otto Penzler

Meet the latest figure in the international crime scene: Inspector Anders, the Rome cop who's the creation of Melbourne writer Marshall Browne.

In this, the first Anders book, the Inspector is sent to a city in southern Italy to investigate the killing of a respected judge. There he finds himself drawn into a shadowy world of corruption and power, and becomes increasingly involved with both the case and the judge's widow.

Earlier in his career, Anders was a hero. Then he lost his leg - and his nerve - to an anarchist bomb. Now the widow is offering him the chance to redeem his life with one last explosive act of courage.

Steeped in the landscape and culture of southern Italy, this novel reads like a fictionalised version of parts of Midnight in Sicily.

Browne's second book in the Anders series, Ship of Fools, is now also available.

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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