One Boy Missing

Stephen Orr

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Text Publishing Company
29 January 2014

Crime & Mystery; Australian Crime Fiction

A mystery, a meditation on fatherhood, a harrowing examination of love and loss: a new departure in literary crime from Stephen Orr.

It was a butcher on smoko who reported the man stashing the kid in the car boot. He didn't really know whether he'd seen anything at all, though. Maybe an abduction? Maybe just a stressed-out father.

Detective Bart Moy, newly returned to the country town where his ailing, cantankerous father still lives, finds nothing. As far as he can tell no one in Guilderton is missing a small boy. Still, he looks deeper into the butcher's story—after all, he had a son of his own once.

But when the boy does turn up, silent, apparently traumatised, things are no clearer. Who is he? Where did he come from and what happened to him?

For Moy, gaining the boy's trust becomes central not just to the case but to rebuilding his own life. From the wreckage of his grief, his dead marriage and his fractured relationship with his father may yet come a chance for something new.

By: Stephen Orr
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 382g
ISBN: 9781922147271
ISBN 10: 1922147273
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 January 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Orr is the author of several published works of fiction and non-fiction. His novel Time's Long Ruin was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2011. He lives in Adelaide.

Reviews for One Boy Missing

'In One Boy Missing, [Orr] realises the slow rhythms of country Australia, its language and landscape...skilfully...It is great holiday reading, whether at home or abroad.' Australian Bookseller & Publisher 'Eloquent, unusual, bold.' Sydney Morning Herald on Time's Long Ruin 'An intelligent, beautifully wrought novel.' Australian Book Review on Dissonance

Short-listed for Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel 2014 (Australia)
Shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing: Best Crime Novel 2014.

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Stephen Orr

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