Dust Off the Bones

#2 Tommy McBride

Paul Howarth

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Pushkin Press
02 November 2021

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Crime Fiction

Murder seems to follow young Tommy McBride everywhere. Only five years after the death of his family, a freak accident on a sheep station sends him fleeing into the wilderness of the Australian outback, the station overseer lying dead behind him with his head smashed on a rock. But Tommy is haunted by more than the death of his family - both he and his brother Billy witnessed a vicious state-sanctioned massacre of the Kurrong people, and they haven't seen each other since.

When an official inquiry is launched into the slaughter, the successful life that Billy has built for himself is under threat. He desperately needs to find his brother, long disappeared into the interior. And he's not the only one - the ruthless Inspector Noone, the man with perhaps the most to hide, is on Tommy's trail as well. For even in the vast outback, the past cannot stay buried for long.

Thrillingly propulsive and powerfully realised, Dust Off the Bones is a searing account of brutality and retribution.

By: Paul Howarth
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781911590620
ISBN 10: 1911590626
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 02 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Paul Howarth was born and grew up in Great Britain before moving to Melbourne in his late twenties. He lived in Australia for over six years, gained dual citizenship in 2012, and now lives in Norwich with his family. He received an MA degree from the University of East Anglia, and was awarded the Malcolm Bradbury Scholarship. His debut novel, Only Killers and Thieves, was published in 2018 to critical acclaim.

Reviews for Dust Off the Bones (#2 Tommy McBride)

Dust Off the Bones is a terrific sequel to one of my favourite novels of the last few years and takes us in a new and wholly unexpected direction with many of our favourite characters from Only Killers and Thieves. Highly recommended -- Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain