About: Rubdown
Simone Kirsch and her best friend Chloe, celebrity stripper, return in Simone's first official case as a private investigator. Sexy, witty and a great read.
Description
Reviews:
'The best Australian crime novel this year has been Leigh Redhead's Rubdown.'
— Weekend Australian
'Leigh Redhead offers a flute of refreshing bubbles in Rubdown.'
— Spectrum
'Rubdown is a criminally witty rompy on the sexy side of the mean streets.'
— Australian Book Review
'Redhead announces herself as the bright new kid on the crime block, less shabby chic, than tart noir.'
— Sydney Morning Herald
'Robust, good natured and enjoyable thriller. Who needs imports like Evanovich when there's a Redhead in St Kilda?'
— The Age Review
Simone Kirsch, P.I. has given up stripping and is trying to be straight. But she can never stay straight for long.
Simone is hired by prominent lawyer Emery Wade, to follow his wayward daughter Tamara. She's been taking drugs and working in the sex industry and Daddy fears a scandal that will affect not just his reputation, but that of her AFL-hotshot brother and his high-profile fiancee.
Tangling with a drug dealer, a sleazy brothel owner and a bizarre love quadrangle with three coppers, time is running out for Simone to get to the bottom of it all before someone tries to keep her quiet.
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Awards:
Rubdown has received nation-wide acclaim, winning the 2006 SMH Best Young Novelist of the Year Award and the Reader's Vote Award for the 2006 Davitt Awards.
It has also been shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Australian Crime Writing.
