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Amazingly, Patricia Carlon's terrific crime novels weren't at first published in her native Australia; they were turned down, as an author's note tells us, because publishers there in the 1960s "didn't want anything but police procedural stuff." Luckily, the books were published in England, and now in America. Carlon is an absolute master of wringing every drop of suspense from a simple phrase or an exchange of glances--as good as Alfred Hitchcock at his best at showing us the skull beneath the suburban skin.
Amazingly, Patricia Carlon's terrific crime novels weren't at first published in her native Australia; they were turned down, as an author's note tells us, because publishers there in the 1960s "didn't want anything but police procedural stuff." Luckily, the books were published in England, and now in America. Carlon is an absolute master of wringing every drop of suspense from a simple phrase or an exchange of glances--as good as Alfred Hitchcock at his best at showing us the skull beneath the suburban skin.
Crime of Silence starts out as a story of compassion: the father of a kidnapped child who was returned after a ransom was secretly paid, agrees to help another father in the same perilous situation. But as Evan Kiley, the reporter whose son has just been taken, begins to play on the guilt of businessman George Winton, you'll watch in growing horror (tinged with admiration at Carlon's skill) as the story changes into something much darker. A woman dies; a body is disposed of; lives are apparently linked. By the time you get to the chilling conclusion, you will most likely be eager for more of Carlon's unique brand of brilliance.
Other Carlon books available in paperback: The Running Woman, The Whispering Wall, The Souvenir. --Dick Adler
From Library Journal
When someone snatches his 15-month-old son for ransom and leaves the sitter dead, journalist Evan (having been warned off the police) begs Winton and Annette, whose own child was kidnapped, for help. Winton feels so guilty about never contacting the police?even after the return of his child?that he provides ransom cash and helps Evan hide the babysitter's body. Later, Evan disappears and police accuse Winton of murdering the babysitter. This nasty turn of events, like that in Carlon's The Running Woman (LJ 1/98), upsets the original version of things and spices up the plot. For most collections.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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