Peter Papathanasiou

“Outback noir has a new star” The Times Burnt-out from police work, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his father, who emigrated from the turbulent Prespes region which straddles the borders of Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia, Manolis hopes to reconnect with his roots and heritage. “A...

Outback noir has a new star - Mark Sanderson, The Times With DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in. Bob is sixty-five years old, confined to a Perth nursing home. But thirty years ago, he killed a man in the remote northern Kimberley mining region....

"A rising star of crime fiction" Sunday Times "Outback noir has a new star" The Times Located off the coast of South Australia, Kangaroo Island lies surrounded by violent seas harbouring deadly great white sharks and forgotten shipwrecks. Over the centuries, the Islanders have cultivated a sense of self-sufficiency, independence, and resilience. But times are changing: multimillionaires from the mainland...

Longlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2022: Debut Fiction Longlisted for the ABIA Book Awards 2022: Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year A small outback town wakes to a savage murder. Molly Abbott, a popular teacher at the local school, is found taped to a tree and stoned to death. Suspicion falls on the refugees at the new detention...

A rising star of crime fiction Sunday Times Outback noir has a new star The Times Located off the coast of South Australia, Kangaroo Island lies surrounded by violent seas harbouring deadly great white sharks and forgotten shipwrecks. Over the centuries the Islanders have cultivated a sense of self-sufficiency, independence and resilience. But times are changing: multimillionaires from the mainland...

Outback noir has a new star Mark Sanderson, The Times A rising star of crime fiction Joan Smith, Sunday Times Delivers another larger-than-life, take-no-prisoners slice of outback noir. A truly original writer Emma Styles, author of NO COUNTRY FOR GIRLS With DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to...