Promise
Jan 2013 · The Darian Richards Series Book 1 · Hachette UK
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An Australian crime thriller 'as good as Harlan Coben' - Weekend Australian.
A serial killer is stalking the Sunshine Coast. Girls have vanished. All blonde and pretty. Ex homicide investigator Darian Richards knows they are dead even though the cops keep saying 'missing'. That's what you have to say if you don't have a body.
Jenny Brown was the first. The local cops said runaway.
Then others disappeared. They couldn't all be runaways.
This killer knows how to stay under the radar, how to hide in plain sight. He knows how to hunt, hurt and kill. Darian has seen evil like him before and knows what it takes to make it stop. He'll make sure the killer gets what he deserves... and that's a promise.
A devastatingly brilliant crime novel that gives us a horrifying glimpse into the mind of a diabolical killer and introduces us to one of the most complex and uncompromising heroes since Harry Bosch.
Tony Cavanaugh is an Australian writer and producer of film and television with over thirty years' experience in the industry. His new novel, Dead Girl Sing also features former cop Darian Richards and is on sale now.
'Never relinquishes its hold on your nerves' - Canberra Times
'Couldn't stop reading it. One of the freshest and most well-written novels I've come across this year' - Graeme Blundell, crime reviewer, The Australian
'The best thing about this book is that it looks like there will be a second one' - Australian Bookseller & Publisher
'Compulsive reading, Promise itself is more menacing, more disturbing and much more confronting than any other crime thriller on the shelves. It is brutal. It is terrifying. It is a brilliant book' - Rob Monshull, Weekends Producer, ABC
The Darian Richards Series
Promise
Dead Girl Sing
The Soft Touch (Short Story)
The Train Rider
Kingdom of the Strong
A serial killer is stalking the Sunshine Coast. Girls have vanished. All blonde and pretty. Ex homicide investigator Darian Richards knows they are dead even though the cops keep saying 'missing'. That's what you have to say if you don't have a body.
Jenny Brown was the first. The local cops said runaway.
Then others disappeared. They couldn't all be runaways.
This killer knows how to stay under the radar, how to hide in plain sight. He knows how to hunt, hurt and kill. Darian has seen evil like him before and knows what it takes to make it stop. He'll make sure the killer gets what he deserves... and that's a promise.
A devastatingly brilliant crime novel that gives us a horrifying glimpse into the mind of a diabolical killer and introduces us to one of the most complex and uncompromising heroes since Harry Bosch.
Tony Cavanaugh is an Australian writer and producer of film and television with over thirty years' experience in the industry. His new novel, Dead Girl Sing also features former cop Darian Richards and is on sale now.
'Never relinquishes its hold on your nerves' - Canberra Times
'Couldn't stop reading it. One of the freshest and most well-written novels I've come across this year' - Graeme Blundell, crime reviewer, The Australian
'The best thing about this book is that it looks like there will be a second one' - Australian Bookseller & Publisher
'Compulsive reading, Promise itself is more menacing, more disturbing and much more confronting than any other crime thriller on the shelves. It is brutal. It is terrifying. It is a brilliant book' - Rob Monshull, Weekends Producer, ABC
The Darian Richards Series
Promise
Dead Girl Sing
The Soft Touch (Short Story)
The Train Rider
Kingdom of the Strong
Ratings and reviews
3.8
20 reviews
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There is a fine line between this and the privacy act and pointing out and naming certain retail shops in this matter is just dangerous. Plain example being one that was forwarded to me as my wife recently took over as manager of one of these stores now feels uncomfortable with working there. Personally if I could get my hands on Tony for a little chat over this would make for a interesting conversation as it is inciting pedophilia and also attracting the attention of authorities to the stores not to mention the fact that people are not wanting to go into these stores.
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April 5, 2012
A fantastic new voice in Australian crime, this had me hooked from the very first page. And I loved the Sunshine Coast setting, but wow, it's not for the faint hearted. Move over Hannibal Lector! #ausbooks
Tim Bradley
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November 26, 2016
This was a really good book. Well written. Interesting plot and characters. Etc. That is why I think it is such a shame that his publisher has priced the next one are about ten dollars or more - I simply refuse to pay that for an electronic file. Paper? Sure. But Digital? No. I realise it is just me, but I won't support the publishing industry rort. More authors need to self publish digitally IMO - and platforms should support that by having a search category for self published authors.
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About the author
Tony Cavanaugh is a writer and producer in film and television. He has over thirty years' experience in the industry in all fields, from the genesis of an idea to production and has written numerous television and film dramas since the early 1980s. In addition, he has lectured at a number of universities, as well as the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. He is on the Board of the Queensland Screen Industry Council, a newly formed group to represent the industry to government, has been a judge for the Logie Awards and the Australian Film Institute Awards on numerous occasions and in 2009 he was invited to be a Judge for the International Emmy Awards, held in New York. PROMISE is his first novel.
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