In Darkness For Light, her third crime novel starring Caleb Zelic, Emma Viskic marries themes of loyalty, betrayal, friendship and love into a taut, exceptional thriller. While some writers settle for shaping their novels as instalments in an ongoing serial drama, each one intended to set up the next, Viskic seems determined to make each one count and resonate. No longer merely a bright star on the Australian crime-writing firmament, Emma Viskic should now be considered a master of the genre, and Caleb Zelic one of its most endearing protagonists: a flawed, valiant hero, hard-fisted yet soft-hearted, who’s impossible to dislike.
ISBN: 9781760685812
Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 304
Imprint: Echo Publishing
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publish Date: 3-Dec-2019
Country of Publication: Australia
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