The Monkey's Mask: An Erotic Murder Mystery - Hardcover

Porter, Dorothy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559703040 ISBN 13: 9781559703048

Publisher: Arcade Pub, 1995

Synopsis

A fast-paced, darkly humorous, erotic mystery thriller written in verse stars a lesbian private investigator who becomes caught up in a web of murder, deceit, and passionate sexual activity.

About this title

Review:

Sensational... A book to rave about, to gasp at the daring, the beauty - and the wit (Australian Bookseller & Publisher)

...the poetic device sets a breakneck, rock 'n (roll video pace to take the breath away)

Toronto Star 'The most remarkable first novel I have read this year...clutching the reader with a grip like a talon round the throat. (Val McDermid Manchester Evening News)

About the Author:

Dorothy Porter has established an international reputation as one of Australia's most exciting and innovative writers. Born in Sydney in 1954, she graduated from Sydney University in 1975, the same year as her first volume of poetry, Little Hoodlum, was published. Attaining a Diploma of Education, she supported her writing by part-time teaching for a number of years, before becoming a lecturer in Poetry and Writing at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her verse crime thriller, The Monkey's Mask, has become an international bestseller. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcade Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1559703040
• ISBN 13: 9781559703048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260