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Murray Whelan Mysteries
1994-
series - author
novel
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1998...
1998
Nice Try
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'When Murray Whelan, lovelorn political minder and part-time fitness fanatic, is recruited to massage Australia’s bid for the Olympics he has no idea how tough the going will get.
'Not even the sight of the gorgeous Holly Deloite in her taut blue leotard at the City Club can stop him diving head first into trouble. And, when the death of the young Aboriginal athlete Darcy Anderson proves that murder is a contact sport, Murray is soon breaking all the rules.
'Mixing it with a savvy black activist, a body-building psychopath and the enigmatic Dr Phillipa Knox, Murray jumps the gun every time.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: To Gary Foley. Dare to struggle, dare to win. In memoriam: Kevin and Aileen.
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Epigraph: 'Athleticism can occasion in man the most noble of passions and also the most vile.' Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics.
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Epigraph: 'Yibbida! Yibbida!' Rex Hunt, Australian sporting philosopher.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Reading the Places We Know
2024
single work
essay
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 29 January vol. 34 no. 2 2024; -
Translating Nice Try into Bien joué! - Going for the Paris End of Shane Maloney's Melbourne
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of French Studies , May - August vol. 50 no. 2 2013; (p. 206-220) -
Untitled
2004-2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 44)
— Review of Stiff 1994 single work novel ; The Brush-Off 1996 single work novel ; Nice Try 1998 single work novel ; The Big Ask 2000 single work novel ; Something Fishy 2002 single work novel -
'Something Brand New on the Skyline' : Renovating the City in Contemporary Australian Detective Fiction
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Writing and the City : Refereed Proceedings of the 1999 Conference Held at the New South Wales Writers' Centre Sydney 2-6 July 1999 2000; (p. 101-107) -
Are We There Yet?: The Place of Place in Australian Crime Fiction
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 4 1999; (p. 50-60)
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Untitled
2004-2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 44)
— Review of Stiff 1994 single work novel ; The Brush-Off 1996 single work novel ; Nice Try 1998 single work novel ; The Big Ask 2000 single work novel ; Something Fishy 2002 single work novel -
Crime Gets a Payoff
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 June 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of Raisins and Almonds 1997 single work novel ; The Reward : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1997 single work novel ; Deadline 1997 single work novel ; Cheaters 1998 single work novel ; The Last Days : The Apocryphon of Joe Panther 1998 single work novel ; Amaze Your Friends 1998 single work novel ; Peace Crimes 1998 single work novel ; Nice Try 1998 single work novel ; The Dogs are Barking 1998 single work novel ; Chain Letter 1997 single work novel ; Forget Me If You Can : Cliff Hardy Stories 1997 selected work short story ; Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine : Short Stories 1997 selected work short story -
Political Mayhem in Melbourne
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Nice Try 1998 single work novel -
Farce Saves Trash Thriller
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 April 1998; (p. 15)
— Review of Nice Try 1998 single work novel -
A Crime Against the City
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 May 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Nice Try 1998 single work novel -
Are We There Yet?: The Place of Place in Australian Crime Fiction
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 4 1999; (p. 50-60) -
Nice and Brutal
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April 1998; (p. 8) -
'Something Brand New on the Skyline' : Renovating the City in Contemporary Australian Detective Fiction
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Writing and the City : Refereed Proceedings of the 1999 Conference Held at the New South Wales Writers' Centre Sydney 2-6 July 1999 2000; (p. 101-107) -
Translating Nice Try into Bien joué! - Going for the Paris End of Shane Maloney's Melbourne
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of French Studies , May - August vol. 50 no. 2 2013; (p. 206-220) -
Reading the Places We Know
2024
single work
essay
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 29 January vol. 34 no. 2 2024;
Last amended 7 Oct 2020 13:14:17
Settings:
- Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1990s
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