Crime of Silence
Text, $19.95pb, 213 pp
The Unquiet Night
Text, 27.50pb, 215 pp
Carlon's Gift
It is the fashion, when discussing Patricia Carlon’s thrillers, to claim that she has been shamefully ignored in her home country. So what? If Miss Carlon (1927–2002) had been a genius of the running track or swimming pool and couldn’t get a gig in the Australian Olympic team, that would be a scandal. But she was a writer. She was ignored. What else is new? What we really want to know is whether her thrillers are worth all the fuss. Do they deserve to be reissued after being out of print for many years?
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Crime of Silence
by Patricia Carlon
Text, $19.95pb, 213 pp
The Unquiet Night
by Patricia Carlon
Text, 27.50pb, 215 pp
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