Title: Australian novelty
Review: Having spent decades reading mystery novels, it's become increasing hard for me to find one to catch my interest, but this one certainly did. The novelty of the Australian locale was welcome. The reference to prejudice towards the Aborigines was enlightening. Also, the characters were engaging and the plot was sufficiently convoluted, yet plausible. Some gruesome details, particularly towards the end, were gratuitous and unnecessary, but I doubt many readers nowadays would find it so. Temple spends too much time setting up the story (though this was the part of the book I enjoyed most) and too much time bringing it to a conclusion (the part of the book I enjoyed least). Still, I read it from front to back and don't regret the expenditure of time.
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