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Pyers, Greg,

Otto Berliner investigates ... the unfortunate victim / Unfortunate victim Greg Pyers. - Brunswick, Victoria. : Scribe Publications, 2017. - 295 pages ; 24 cm. - Otto Berliner investigates ; 1 . - Pyers, Greg. Otto Berliner investigates ; 1. .

"This story is based on a murder committed in the gold-mining town of Daylesford, Australia, in 1864. The names of some characters have been changed, but all characters herein are based on real people."--Author's note.

Based on a true story. At midnight on 28 December 1864, in the Australian gold-mining town of Daylesford, young newly-wed Maggie Stuart lies dead in her own blood. Rumour and xenophobia drive speculation over the identity of her killer, and when a suspect is apprehended, police incompetence and defence counsel negligence bring yet more distortion to the wheels of justice. In this climate of prejudice and ineptitude, it seems only Detective Otto Berliner is able to keep an objective mind and recognise that something is terribly wrong. He intends to put matters right, though all the odds are against him.

ISBN: 9781925321975

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Australian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Murder--Investigation.
Social conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Daylesford (Vic.)--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction.
Victoria--Daylesford.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4