PublishedHachette, August 2014 |
ISBN9780733632457 |
FormatSoftcover, 400 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.8cm × 3.1cm |
Detective-Inspector Debra Hawkins has domestic violence in her sights. But as head of a new police unit targeting violence against women, she has hit a wall of silence. How can she help Rana al-Sheikly, a young woman who yearns for the freedom to lead her own life while her brothers are planning to send her into a forced marriage in Iraq?
And what is the connection between these men and the crime gangs that are running rife in the suburbs? A series of anonymous emails has Deb following her personal secrets, too - back to her childhood and the murder of her police sergeant father. Who is digging up the past, threatening Debra's hard-won career, and even her life? In the tradition of the bestsellers that made her name - FORTRESS and WHIPPING BOY - Gabrielle Lord taps straight into the issues that create the headlines.
Barbara is an award-winning bookseller who has a special interest in fiction, especially Australian fiction and children’s books for all ages.
Gabrielle Lord writes for adults and young adults. In Dishonour, her 16th crime novel she is writing about recent events that have caused concern in Australia and around the world. The central character Detective Inspector Debra Hawkins, is heading a new team targeting violence against women. She is also receiving threatening anonymous emails concerning the brutal beheading of her father many years before. Her father was also in the police force. Her position as a police officer in a senior position controlling violence and supporting a young woman who is being forced by her family into an arranged marriage is put into jeopardy. Dishonour is a fast paced and topical Australian crime novel.
