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Marshall Browne

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Marshall Browne: Novels

City of Masks

Marshall Browne

Robert Hale

1981

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Dragon Strike

Marshall Browne

Robert Hale

1981

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Dark Harbour

Marshall Browne

Robert Hale

1984

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The Gilded Cage

Marshall Browne

Australian Scholarly Publishing

1996

A Melbourne Trilogy novel.

"This is the first in a wonderful trilogy of historical novels that is still to find the audience it deserves. It is the story of a rich cast of characters in Melbourne in the 1880s and on to Federation, who experience the boom and then the crash, with all the excitement and tragedy of those events. Browne’s handling of the vast scope of his project is masterful. The detail is fascinating and the drama never flags. This is among the best historical fiction for the general reader Australia has seen."
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The Burnt City

Marshall Browne

Australian Scholarly Publishing

1999

A Melbourne Trilogy novel.

"This is the second novel in Marshall Browne’s wonderful trilogy about Melbourne towards the end of the nineteenth century. It describes the crash of 1893, and the frustrating attempts by a young liquidator to find justice for some of the victims of the financial crimes that helped produce the disaster."
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The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders

Marshall Browne

Duffy & Snellgrove

1999

An Inspector Anders novel.

"Inspector Anders of the Rome Police force became a national hero when he closed down an anarchist group ten years ago. But in the action he lost a leg - and his nerve. Since then he has made his moral compromises with the corruption of the Italian state. Now he has been given one last job before early retirement: to close an inquiry into the murder of a respected judge in southern Italy. Once there he finds himself drawn into a shadowy world of corruption and power, and becomes increasingly involved with both the case and the judge's widow. Anders must maneuver through layers of corruption as he struggles to close the murder case."
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The Trumpeting Angel

Marshall Browne

Duffy and Snellgrove

2001

A Melbourne Trilogy novel.

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Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools

Marshall Browne

Duffy & Snellgrove

2001

An Inspector Anders novel.

"Across Europe, a terrorist group opposed to globalization is killing executives who retrench large numbers of staff. The Italian Anders, with his extensive experience of terrorists, is called in to assist the French Police. It is not an assignment he welcomes. Anders is still recovering from the trauma of his recent success against the mafia, and is himself opposed to many of the practices of big corporations. Moreover, the terrorists are capable of feats that appear impossible. In the process of uncovering the methods and identity of his foes, Anders finds himself driven beyond all his experience and to the edge of sanity."
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The Eye of the Abyss

Marshall Browne

Duffy & Snellgrove

2002

A Frank Schmidt novel.

"Overseeing a prestigious new client, the Nazi party, chief bank auditor Franz Schmidt finds himself overwhelmed by the violence and duplicity of late 1930s Nazi Germany and becomes embroiled in dangerous political machinations before he is targeted for an act of compassion."
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Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta

Marshall Browne

Random House Australia

2006

An Inspector Anders novel.

"It's autumn in the E.U. and the temperature is falling in more ways than one when Inspector Anders is ordered back to Italy. Two right-wing politicians have been murdered with an identical, bizarre M.O. The Government is screaming 'terrorists' and the Prime Minister wants the famous terrorist-hunter on the case. But the Milan police are hardly welcoming, and the one-legged Anders is unhappy to return. Only the Mafia is delighted. As further high-level killings shock the nation, Anders tenaciously peels back layer after layer of falsity in the financial and political worlds. But the reason for the killings and the identity of the perpetrators remain elusive."
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Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn

Marshall Browne

Random House Australia

2006

"Detective Inspector Hideo Aoki learns that his case against ex-Governor Tamaki - one that he has been building for months - has been dismantled. Rattled by this directive, his life begins to spiral out of control, fueled by his obsession over the case, heavy drinking, and several repercussions too close to home. In an effort to help the emotionally unstable Aoki, the police department sends him to a remote Japanese mountain retreat. What was supposed to be a relaxing stay for the recently suspended investigator instead becomes a hotbed of suspense. Soon, familiar faces, furtive glances, secret dinner conversations and lurking secrets make Aoki realize that the guests at the Kamakura Inn are not unrelated. It becomes clear that something beyond coincidence has put them together; politician, banker, suspended detective, and an elusive Go master who manipulates Aoki like his game board pieces."
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The Iron Heart

Marshall Browne

Random House Australia

2009

A Frank Schmidt novel.

"Franz Schmidt arrives in Berlin in January 1939 to take up the position of Chief Auditor at the Reichsbank, the financial heart of the Third Reich. He has been positioned there by the enigmatic von Streck, a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, but one who has a different agenda to that of the Fuehrer. Schmidt realises he must tread very carefully to avoid the zealous and passionate Fraulein Brandt, who is determined to destroy anyone unfaithful to the Party. After the murder of a co-worker, Schmidt is driven, despite von Streck's orders to keep a low profile, to help the dead man's assistant, who is now in grave danger herself."
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