Friday, April 5, 2013

The Price of Fame

I enjoyed The Price of Fame by R.C. Daniells an Australian author who has set her book in the streets of St Kilda, Melbourne.  Antonia moves into a house where teenager, Genevieve, a member of a band was murdered 25 years previously.  Antonia wants to make a documentary about the band's early days and a former filmmaker colleague, Monty, moves in to help her.  They meet the remaining members of the band and learn more about the murder as doubt grows about who actually killed Genevieve.  The police believed her taxi driver friend, O'Toole, did it and his suicide a week later confirmed it.  However, a man named Joe who was a witness at the time comes out of hiding and is writing his version of events. This manuscript is "gold" for Antonia and Monty.  The reader becomes as engrossed as they are in the unfolding of events of that time.  There are some twists and turns, a romantic element, and also a supernatural element (which I didn't like).  A good mystery. 31/2/5

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