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Blood Junction (Paperback)

by CJ Carver (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (4 April 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752844873
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752844879
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 814,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When journalist India Kane travels from Sydney to the outback town of Cooinda for a reunion with her friend Lauren, she has no idea of the town's appalling history. There, forty years earlier, an entire Aboriginal family had been massacred. Locals renamed the town Blood Junction. India's car breaks down on the way, and she is offered a lift into Cooinda from a passing motorist. But when she arrives, Lauren is missing. And the next morning, India is arrested for Lauren's murder. On the run from a brutal killer and her own dark past, it is only when India allows her own demons to catch up with her that she can learn the truth about Lauren's death - and how it links to the massacre at Blood Junction all those years ago, and to India herself.

About the Author
CJ Carver was born in the UK. At 22 she went to Australia for a holiday and stayed for 10 years, working in publishing and travelling. In 1992 she took part in the London to Saigon Car Rally, where she and her co-driver were the only all-female crew on a 63-day, 12,500 mile journey. In 1993, she fell into freelance writing and since then has worked locally while writing and travelling. In 1998, she completed the London to Cape Town Car Rally, once again the only all-female crew. She blames her love of adventure on her parents: her mother set the land speed record in Australia and her father was a jet fighter pilot.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant new crimewriter, 14 Jul 2001
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This is the most breathtaking thriller I've read in ages. It deserves the New Writer's Award from the Crime Writers Association for the plot alone. A lot of the social attitudes and small town dynamics of the Australian outback feature in the action - especially for this young woman travelling alone. She is as resourceful and bolshie as Vic Warshawski which does not enamour her to the police or local people. Her car conks out on her way to meet her closest friend - she has no idea why this place was chosen for their reunion - but she doesn't turn up. The man who gave her a lift is found murdered together with her friend. Then everything turns nasty when the police lock her up for the murder, and the town is prepared to lynch her - mostly because she's a stranger. The background of heat, the dangers of the outback and the mystery surrounding so much of the the hostility she meets are interwoven making no sense to her. But her friends death needs explaining so she tentatively looks for people prepared to help. But looking for her friends killers means she has no clues, there is no reason for anyone to harm her but her life is obviously in danger. People want her dead. It's an exciting yarn by a brilliant story-teller who has included original Australians as important characters with their own story to tell.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Breathless!, 15 Aug 2001
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This is one of those rare novels that has a powerful sense of place. The heat of the outback scorches the reader as one is gripped by a narrative drive that takes hold and never lets up for a moment. The writing is smooth and assured, the characterizations are rounded and fully fleshed, and there is enough action to leave one thoroughly out of breath by the end. Particularly fine is the depiction of the aboriginal lot in Australia, and the unspooling of a plot that is never predictable. The heroine takes an extroardinary amount of punishment, and it's a bit difficult to believe she suffers no serious injury as a result. That aside, this is a splendid first novel and I recommend it highly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful new find, 15 Mar 2005
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This is a stunning debut from a new writer. The book was recommended to me by a friend and I have just read it. I'm so glad I did. It was gripping stuff and I read it in a day, finishing at half past midnight! A gripping plot, clever twists and surprises, a feisty female lead and an unexpected male counterpart who starts off as India's enemy but comes to be the man she can rely on in a fix. I cannot wait to read Caroline Carver's other books and highly recommend Blood Junction to anyone who looks forward to a fast-paced read and an involving story. Great stuff.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read
The Author writes a fast paced story that does not rely on the characters doing really stupid things to move the story on. A very good read
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Blood Junction just isn't very thrilling or interesting. On that basis, I found it very hard to read. Read more
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