Shooting Star [Audio CD]

Peter Temple (Author), David Tredinnick (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2007

Anne Carson: fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted. Her rich family has closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder, ex-soldier and sacked police hostage negotiator. They want him to deliver the ransom money to the kidnappers. Frank wants them to call in the law, but the family refuses, since police bungling nearly cost the life of another Carson child kidnapped years before. But are the two kidnappings connected? And is greed the motivation? Revenge? Or could it be something else? To find out, Frank Calder must go beyond his brief. As Frank feverishly searches for suspects in the web of Carson family businesses and deals, marriages and indiscretions, rivalries and intrigues, he knows that if his instincts are wrong, the girl will surely die.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'One of the best thriller writers in the world' Sunday Express. 'Plenty of surprises ... Shooting Star hits all the right buttons' Evening Standard. 'Put simply, Temple is a master' John Harvey. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. He is the author of four Jack Irish novels and has also written four standalone novels: An Iron Rose (1998), Shooting Star (1999), In the Evil Day (2002) and The Broken Shore (2006), winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Fiction in 2007. His most recent novel, Truth, won the 2010 Miles Franklin award. Peter lives in Ballarat, Australia with his family. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Bolinda Publishing; MP3 Una edition (October 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740939689
• ISBN-13: 978-1740939683
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,607,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GIVE THEM THE MONEY!!! ANY AMOUNT!!! i WANT HER ALIVE, August 28, 2009

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Barbara Lane "Audio Books only" (Sydney Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shooting Star (Audio CD)

Frank Calder - ex-soldier and sacked police hostage negotiator - is just surviving making a living as a mediator when he's approached by the Carson Family, to help deliver the ransom money to the kidnappers of the great grand-daugther. NO POLICE last time the police were used in a family kidnapping the young girl was killed. The Carsons want NO Police help. Just give the kidnappers what ever they want!!!!!

Reluctantly Frank begins to deal with the kidnappers, who use a voice altering computer programme which Frank's best contacts couldn't change back to the real voice. The kidnappers must really know their computer programes as this is so high tech it is not out there yet!!!!! It has only been created and hard to find in the computer programmes future magazines. Frank becomes convinced both Carson kidnappings are connected and have nothing to do with money. It's revenge an eye for an eye. What has this family done to others in the past. Noone is talking. Franks hands seem to be tied every time he turns around.

Frank is sure this girl will die no matter how much they hand over to the kidnappers. Frank searches for suspects through the Carson businesses, deals,rivalries and some sleazy past deals.

Fast pace. Great narrating by David Tredinnick

5.0 out of 5 stars taut, spare, frightening, poignant, February 5, 2012

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J. T. O'leary (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shooting Star (Paperback)

To my mind, one of the best books Peter Temple has written. Taut, spare, frightening, poignant. Raises the genre of thriller writing to a whole new level, not least because of the unexpected poetry of Temple's prose. The final image - of a guttering candle in a silent house - sent a shiver down my spine.