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Author | Candice Fox |
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Language | English |
Series | Eden Archer |
Genre | novel |
Publisher | Random House, Australia |
Publication date | 2014 |
Publication place | Australia |
Published in English | 1 December 2014 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 432 |
ISBN | 9780857982568 |
Preceded by | Hades |
Followed by | Fall |
Eden (2014) is a crime novel by Australian author Candice Fox. It won the Ned Kelly Award in 2015 for Best Novel.[1] The novel follows Eden Archer, a policewoman and serial killer who is on the trail of a killer targeting prostitutes.
Reviews
Sue Turnbull from The Sydney Morning Herald stated: "This is crime fiction informed not so much by the literary past of the genre, as by television's Dexter and Breaking Bad, the ironically violent films of Quentin Tarantino and the graphic novels of Frank Miller."[2]
Awards and nominations
- 2015 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2015 winner Ned Kelly Awards — Best Novel[3]
See also
References
- ^ Austlit - Eden by Candice Fox
- ^ "Candice Fox and Anne Buist deliver deadly thrills" by Sue Turnbull, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 2015
- ^ "Australian Crime Writers - 2015 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-12-01.