The Bolthole

Peter Papathanasiou

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Maclehose Press
01 August 2025

Crime & Mystery; Australian Crime Fiction

""A rising star of crime fiction"" Sunday Times

""Outback noir has a new star"" The Times

Located off the coast of South Australia, Kangaroo Island lies surrounded by violent seas harbouring deadly great white sharks and forgotten shipwrecks.

Over the centuries the Islanders have cultivated a sense of self-sufficiency, independence and resilience. But times are changing: multimillionaires from the mainland are building immense clifftop mansions and filling the skies with private planes and helicopters. A quiet paradise is being transformed into a bolthole for the rich and privileged. And the locals aren't happy.

Richard Marlowe, a wealthy ""blow-in"" to the island, goes missing, last seen wading into the ocean for a dawn swim. A shark attack is blamed, but things don't add up. Reuniting for a new investigation, Detective Sergeant Manolis and Senior Constable Sparrow arrive on the island, but their presence isn't welcomed, either. Faced with hostility from both Islanders and newcomers, their attempts to locate the missing man are derailed by a civil war over limited resources, a fragile environment, and fractured community dynamics.

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""Political crime fiction of a high order"" Sunday Times

""Deliciously dark outback noir"" Guardian

By: Peter Papathanasiou
Imprint: Maclehose Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781529443073
ISBN 10: 1529443075
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Papathanasiou was born in northern Greece and adopted as a baby to an Australian family. His writing has been published internationally by The New York Times, Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, The ABC, SBS, Huffington Post. He also holds an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Australian National University. His first book, a memoir Son of Mine was published in 2019 by Salt.