Shooting Star by Peter Temple
Frank Calder - ex-soldier and sacked police hostage negotiator - is just eking out a living as a mediator when he's approached by Pat Carson, patriarch of the dynastic Carson family. Pat wants him to deliver ransom money to kidnappers who've abducted his great-granddaughter. Frank urges Pat to call in the law, but he refuses, since police bungling nearly cost the life of another Carson child kidnapped years before. So a reluctant Frank begins to deal with the kidnappers, and quickly becomes convinced both Carson kidnappings were motivated by something other than money. Over several feverish days, Frank searches for suspects in the web of Carson businesses, deals, marriages, indiscretions and rivalries. And all the while he knows that if his instincts are wrong, the girl will surely die . With Shooting Star, Australia's premier crime-thriller writer, Peter Temple, is launched into an even bigger league.For nearly 30 years, Peter Temple has worked in or written about the finance business. He was trained as an economist and statistician and worked as a fund manager and analyst for 18 years until switching to full-time writing and journalism in 1988. Peter now writes for a number of publications, including the Financial Times, Investors Chronicle, Mail on Sunday, Analyst, and International Fund Management, on a freelance basis. He is the author of several books, including The Internet Investor and Getting Started in Shares. He is a diploma member of the Securities Institute, a former member of the London Stock Exchange, and an Associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research. He has lived and worked in London since 1970.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781921351389 |
| ISBN 10 | 1921351381 |
| Title | Shooting Star |
| Author | Peter Temple |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Text Publishing Company |
| Year published | 2014-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Winner of Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction 2000 (Australia) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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