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The Brisbane Line
- Narrated by: Ben Kindon
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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The Brisbane Line
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Publisher's Summary
From J.P. Powell comes a tale of murder and corruption, a historical crime mystery set in wartime Brisbane.
As WWII ravages the world and the Japanese Empire has set its sights on Australia, the Americans have come to save us. But not all soldiers are heroes and not all heroes are soldiers.
Sergeant Joe Washington, a US Military Police, loves music and photography but spends his days delving into the sordid and petty crimes committed by the thousands of American troops passing through town. While trying to find stolen gasoline stores, he is sent to investigate the body of an American soldier found dumped in a cemetery. Suddenly Joe is up against notorious detective Frank Bischof.
Although ordered to leave the investigation alone, Joe fears that Bischof is protecting the most likely suspect while trying to pin the crime on an innocent—and intriguing—young woman, Rose. A woman who seems to walk between the parallel worlds of black market deals and Brisbane’s high society.
Critic Reviews
"Beautifully textured, thoughtful and satisfying." (Emily Maguire, author of An Isolated Incident)
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- Anonymous User
- 21-10-2022
Though the book was a cheat!
I wanted an historically correct accounts of Brisbane at this time.
not a third rate crime story.
The Brisbane Line is where they were to really fight the Japanese,
A million American passed through the city, The War of 2 days
between American military and Australian army, so much
fascinating stuff to document! But what did we get?You cheated
the title leading me to believe I was going to get fact! Thanks
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- Robin McKean
- 16-04-2023
Memory Lane
As a child and grandchild of South Brisbane identities and one who has South Brisbane, trams, North Quay, Queen St and that khaki river of the 50S and 60s in my DNA, I thoroughly enjoyed The Brisbane Line. I especially loved the embedded prompts of many forgotten memories... chenille dressing gowns, leather straps and conductors (ding ding) on the trams, bakelite telephones, street names, houses on uneven stumps and the references to now heritage buildings including pubs....
I started to follow the story line locations wherever possible on Google maps.
I will be booking a ticket 'home' ASAP.
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