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Tell Me Why (Georgie Harvey and John Franklin Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Sandi Wallace (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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‘Suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric rural crime; a riveting debut.’ - Michaela Lobb, Sisters in Crime Australia

What will they risk for answers?

Picturesque Daylesford has a darker side. Melbourne writer Georgie Harvey heads to the mineral springs region in central Victoria to look for a missing farmer, and soon links the woman’s disappearance with the unsolved mystery surrounding her husband.

Meanwhile, maverick police officer and solo dad John Franklin is working a case that’s a step up from Daylesford’s usual soft crime: a stalker targeting single mothers.

Georgie’s investigation stirs up long-buried secrets, and attracts enemies. When she reports the missing person to local cops, sparks fly between her and Franklin.

Has he dismissed the writer too quickly? And what will the truth cost?

‘Worthy debut.’ - Herald-Sun

‘The police aspect of this novel has depth and believability…this debut is a cracker.’ - J.M. Peace, serving QLD police officer and author of award-winning A Time to Run

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084ZBDS3F
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Next Chapter (May 6, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2263 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 428 pages
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Award-winning Australian crime writer Sandi Wallace is a self-confessed addict of crime fiction in print and on screen. Her crime-writing apprenticeship comprised devouring as many crime stories as possible, developing her interest in policing, and working stints as banker, paralegal, cabinetmaker, office manager, executive assistant, personal trainer and journalist. She has won a host of prizes for her short and long crime fiction.

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Sheela Kirpalani
5.0 out of 5 stars well written
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022
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This crime novel captured me.John Franklin and Georgie Harvey are fantastic characters.I appreciate the thought and style the author used in this story. The characters were life-like and endearing. The storylline engaged my interest, the wording engaged my senses, and the authors use of adjectives and alliteration w as creative.
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Miran
4.0 out of 5 stars Great novel
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2022
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I liked the charactor ...strong female heroines.And the storyline was interesting.Meanwhile there was too much Australian slang,hard to understand.Overall it was a well written crime novel and i was actually loving this series.
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Jackie Wood
3.0 out of 5 stars Loose storyline
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021
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I wanted to read this book because it's set in Australia. I would love to visit there one day, & the settings, characters & language didn't disappoint. But there were too many times when the story seemed to get lost & it was hard to stay interested.
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Margaret Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written mystery
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2022
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An intriguing plot. Could not put it down. The writing is fresh and characters well drawn.
A real page turner!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Suspense
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2020
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John Franklin is a local police officer who wants to be a detective. He has a teenage daughter that causes problems and finds a case of poison pen letters sent to unwed mothers. They verge on threatening and should be forwarded, but he follows up on them himself. Georgie Franklin is a copywriter by profession, but wants to write her own items. The novel starts off slow, can throw one a bit with the Aussie slang, but builds as the poison pen letters become threatening and Georgie helps a friend try to locate a missing older female friend. The older female is looking for the dead body of her husband. This involves an old murder and a dangerous criminal (temporarily in jail). Of course, Franklin and Georgie cross paths and an instant dislike/fascination for the other develops. The suspense builds as one of the unwed mothers receives a death threat, and the niece of the elderly woman is murdered. Since Georgie stumbles on the murdered woman, this brings on another meeting between Franklin and Georgie. Georgie is told to let the police handle it. Fat chance. She does promise to call if help is needed. Then one of the mothers and her baby are kidnapped and Franklin is in hot pursuit while Georgie goes missing. Read on to find out who survives, and whether Franklin gets his chance to be a detective or has he ruined his career?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gruesome murders and one womans relentless pursuit of the truth.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2021
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A missing woman, whose husband had been missing for years, starts a search by a single minded heroine. When she finally finds them, she
is more conflicted than when she started.
The beginning is rather wordy, much like my first sentence. But it gets better, even very interesting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great series
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021
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Just finished all 4 books in this series & anxious for the next one. The story lines & character development are great. Her descriptions of people, places & events are so vivid you almost feel you are there. The plot moves along at a good pace but keeps you guessing. Hard to put the book down. Love the authors writing style.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Stubborn Woman
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2022
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When Georgie gets her teeth into a mystery she is impossible to shake loose. This book has lots of interesting characters and more than one mystery. It took a while to get used to jumping back and forth between different people and places. I really enjoyed the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a book I like
Reviewed in Canada on September 25, 2021
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I like the settings and the characters. It keeps you reading, one of those books that are hard to put down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book, I would read again
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2020
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First off, a great read.
This novel has all the complexities in plot and character creation that I enjoy. I have heard this book and the other three in the series, so far, called Aussie Noir. I believe the ‘Noir’ brand is too liberally used these days. Having said that, there are certainly some serious ‘noir’ moments, shocks, etc. However, I would prefer to read this book as ‘Australie Reelle’ (continuing the French theme), because it opened my eyes to a rural Australian lifestyle, especially the patois, that has always been an alluring mystery to me.
I also did not read this as a pure police procedural, but more a serendipitous clash, and the book is all the more wonderful for that, in fact, it makes it for me; wonderful plotting.
The narrative is based on two central characters, Georgie Harvey, a journalist and, a rural uniformed policeman, John Franklin.
Georgie is snoopy (short for a feisty, nosy cow) and follows up on a missing person case which, if I read the narrative correctly, is outside of her comfort zone; I understood her to be mainly a copywriter, I might be wrong, but she is a journo at heart. Her not particularly subtle enquiries pretty soon become uncomfortable as country stoicism is erked and skeletons are rattled.
The local uniformed policeman is investigating poison pen letters to mothers who have recently given birth in a local maternity unit. Realistically, the cop should pass these notes onto CID in a nearby town, but he follows it up himself. We learn that he has aspirations to be a detective but, cannot leave his rural town as he is a single parent with a teenage daughter who needs a secure home and roots, in order to ride out the rebellious phase she is in (I lived the exasperation).
So, no plot spoilers, except to say this is a slow burner and that is appropriate to suit the nature of the setting and inhabitants of the rural ‘spa’ town.
What I really liked about this book was the characters and how well they are drawn. I could buy into every one of them and, I especially liked the relationship developing between the cop, fixed with his daughter, and the journalist, fixed in a serious relationship… light blue touch paper (smoulder alert – blimey I love it).
It is with all of this said that I recommend this book and, I intend to read the series. For those not versed in Aussie ‘vernacular’ (like me) you need to read on, and very soon you get the expressions, the idioms, the culture, and this gives the narrative ‘reelle’ colour and authenticity.
Five stars - a book I could read again.
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Joanne Ford
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good read
Reviewed in Australia on April 27, 2022
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and being set in Victoria made it all the better. Well written, strong storyline & great characters. A really good mystery. Well done & now one to the follow up novel!
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Wendy Joy Saunders
4.0 out of 5 stars A gripping story.
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2021
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This novel "Tell Me Why" was a gripping story that was filled tensions, excitement and mystery. A real physiological novel with so many twists and turns. I have purchased the sequel to find out more about Georgie and Franklin. Thoroughly enjoyed this novel!
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Annabelle
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2022
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A well written story. Good characters and storyline. It moved along at a good pace and kept me interested all through. I would recommend this book to all readers of good fiction.
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