1863736328

Sharkbait

Submitted by Karen on

Author's Home Country: 
Australia
Category: 
Crime Fiction

Old Selwyn Dixon has been boring Syd Fish and other regulars at the Acropolis cafe for years with stories about his heyday as a jockey. When he goes missing, nobody notices but Val, the big-hearted waitress at the Kings Cross greasy spoon. Even Selwyn's employer, a social-climbing Sydney trainer, seems oddly uninterested in the little jockey's welfare.

Sub Genre: 
Private Detective
ISBN: 
1863736328
Location: 
Sydney
Series: 
Syd Fish
Publisher: 
Allen & Unwin
Year of Publication: 
1994

SHARK BAIT - Susan Geason

Author Information
Book Title: 
Shark Bait
Author Name: 
Susan Geason
Author's Home Country: 
Australia
ISBN: 
1863736328
Series: 
Syd Fish
Categorisation
Category: 
Crime Fiction
Location: 
Sydney
Publisher: 
Allen & Unwin
Year of Publication: 
1993
Book Review: 

Shark Bait is the 3rd Syd Fish book (and sadly the last), which has been sitting in my shelves for years now, being carefully rationed because there are so few of them.  
 
Syd Fish is an ex-political minder, turned Private Investigator - there is a touch of the Murray Whelan's and Cliff Hardy's about him no doubt about that.  These books are light-hearted, funny and quick little books - the mystery is not the strongest point, the point is the entertainment - and there are some great quotes in this book - this gem probably sums up the style of the book the best:
 
"Sensing a stranger in his territory, a well-muscled number in white overalls and protective goggles - no earmuffs:  that's for wimps - approached, holding an acetylene torch at a threatening angle.  I backed off slightly.  Pushing up his goggles to reveal a hard, stupid face and bad teeth, he asked me what I wanted.  I'd finally met an oxymoron."
 
And there's plenty more where that came from.  
 
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