PublishedSphere, August 2014 |
ISBN9780751552898 |
FormatSoftcover, 448 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.4cm × 3.4cm |
Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released? Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is.
For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released. Everybody wants to find Audie, but he's not running. Instead he's trying to save a life ...and not just his own.
Barbara is an award-winning bookseller who has a special interest in fiction, especially Australian fiction and children’s books for all ages.
Michael began his career as a journalist and then began ghost writing memoirs including politicans and showbusiness celebrities. He Has written nine crime novels and has twice won Australia's Ned Kelly Award for the best crime novel. Life or Death is a thriller set in Texas and Life or Death has captured the mood and atmosphere of this part of America so well you can be forgiven if you presumed the novel was written by a local literary novelist. The premise is intriguing: why would a a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released. The idea came to Michael after reading an article in a newpaper many decades ago. What would prompt a convicted man serving a jail sentence to do such a crazy thing? Audie Palmer had spent ten years in prison. Her had been continually beaten and threatened by prison guards and fellow inmates. The novel takes the reader on a fascinating journey with Audie and you continually wonder why would he put himself in this position. When the answer is revealed you contemplate and realise what a master storyteller Michael Robotham is.
