Miles Off Course
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A Rowland Sinclair Novel
In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed.
And then Harry Simpson vanishes.
Croquet and pre-dinner cocktails are abandoned for the High Country where Rowland hunts for Simpson with a determination that is as mysterious as the disappearance itself. Stockmen, gangsters and a belligerent writer all gather to the fray, as the investigation becomes embroiled with a much darker consipiracy.
Murder, Treason, Trespass, Kidnapping, Betrayal... Again, Rowland Sinclair finds himself in the middle of it all.
**Sulari Gentill shortlisted for Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book
About the Author
Sulari Gentill studied astrophysics and then law, and later tossed in her law career to write book instead of contracts. Her first novel, A Few Right Thinking Men, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011 for Best First Book for our region. A Decline in Prophets is her second novel in the Rowland Sinclair series. Chasing Odysseus is her first novel in the Young Adult Hero trilogy. Sulari has also been offered a Varuna Fellowship, commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers’ 2008 Jim Hamilton Award and long-listed for the Hachette/QLD writers Centre Australian Manuscript Development Program for fiction writers. more >
What people are saying about the book
The Australian Women's Weekly
"It's a joy to get reacquainted with Rowly and his friends as they live their luxurious, turbulent lives... a rousing read that reeks of Australia in the 1930s, a politically charged time of rapid change, privilege and poverty, glamour and crime."(Leila McKinnon)
The Age
"... replete with comedy, intrigue and the outlandish details of Australian history... Sulari Gentill is an unusually vivid and witty writer. Managing to avoid the common pitfalls of historical fiction, she delivers another daring adventure with a cracking plot, peopled by characters who will charm your pants off."
Booktopia
"... an author whose books seem so perfectly suited to your tastes as a reader that it feels as though they may have been written especially for you. After devouring Sulari Gentill’sMiles Off Course in a whirlwind reading session, I knew that Sulari Gentill had made it onto my list of top ten crime writers.... will appeal to fans of Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher novels... This is the kind of book that is so fun to read that one can’t help but feel that the author must have gotten a real kick out of writing it. "
Read more ›Aust Crime
"... the books "feel" right and real and authentic, the stories are fast paced, nuanced, often funny, frequently insightful and just flat out darned good yarns."
Read more ›Kill Your Darlings
"... How could you go wrong with a story that begins in 1933 with cocktails on the balcony of the Hydro Majestic Hotel... Gentill knows exactly the type of story she is telling and, supported with terrific research and a scattering of real events and people, she never puts a foot wrong..."
Read more ›Fair Dinkum Crime
"What’s not to like about this delightful book?... tantalising titbits are scattered throughout a tale... The mystery is satisfyingly complex, offering a new twist whenever the solution seems clear cut, and the ultimate resolution came as a surprise to me... something for everyone to enjoy... Along the way there are plenty of laughs, some nuggets of historical information that will make you look smart when you drop them into conversation at your next dinner party and there’s even a lovable dog. It is an intelligent, amusing, happiness-inducing book that sits proudly at the lighter end of the crime fiction spectrum. Highly recommended. "
Read more ›Fiction by Caroline Sully
" What I love about Sulari Gentill‘s books is her mix of fact and fiction: the books are very well researched, events and moods of the time and well-known people of the era woven in with the fictional Sinclairs... Gentill’s books have a nod to Agatha Christie’s golden age fiction in more ways than one. As well as having a very readable, engaging style there’s wry humour in them... There are plenty of twists in this tale and the mystery is satisfyingly solved in a race against time. I was sorry to finish reading this book!"
Read more ›NEWSBITE
"Richly and distinctively voiced, characters with individual foibles have been carefully and cleverly wrought... Although part of a series, this book can be read alone. There is plenty of action with thrilling chases on horseback, in cars and over roofs but ultimately, it is Gentill's ability to enliven the past which makes this an Aussie crime yarn well worth reading."
Read more ›Angela Savage
" Miles Off Course was typical of Gentill’s entertaining and engaging novels in the Rowland Sinclair series..."
Read more ›Authoraire
"I found Miles Off Course a gentle avenue into Australian crime fiction. It is a novel written by a woman, for women, and is done so in a very delicate, yet clever way. The book moves at a gradual pace, unfurling the story-line and clues slowly, but when combined with the short chapters, offering a healthy dose of cliff-hanger ends, some more suspenseful than others, it makes for a page-turner, particularly in the last quarter of the book... Overall I loved the historical charm of the setting, language and characters in this book which were superbly portrayed from start to finish. This book certainly educated and entertained concurrently and I only wish now that I had have read the first two books in the series first."
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