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Title: Marble Bar

Author: Robert Schofield

Narrator: David Tredinnick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-16

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Why is Gareth Ford being shadowed through the outback by a tattoo-faced man in a designer suit and his umbrella-toting mate?

Gareth Ford, with a cloud still hanging over him because of his involvement in the Gwardar Gold Heist, has decided to make a new beginning in the iron mines of Newman. But when he returns home from the night shift and finds his flatmate has been murdered, suspicion quickly falls upon him. He, however, fears he himself was the real target and soon discovers he is being tailed.

He summons his old ally from the Gold Squad, DC Rose Kavanagh, and soon they find themselves in Marble Bar, searching for the Gwardar Gold and being pursued by a variety of desperadoes, all with their own agendas.

Members Reviews:

A more than worthy sequel

I'll start off in echoing my review of this authors debut novel; I don't normally like crime fiction. I conquered my prejudices the first time and was rewarded with an action packed ride through a literally coloufull and familiar (as a West Australian) landscape. This second book returns to the well in an equally polished fashion and lively fashion.

Our hero this time shifted up north to the red dirt of the Pilbara and having (apparently) recovered from his numerous injuries in the first book he finds himself drawn back into the ongoing fallout from the mine robbery of the first novel, and is forced to set out again on a desperate quest to save his daughter and himself from the collective menace of some familiar antagonists and a fresh series.

I won't spoil the plot, but I will say that like the first, for me this book is at its best with its characters out in the local landscape. The living, breathing colour of the descriptions of the country, coupled with the dialogue (the protagonist's inner monologue in particular) create an immersive experience and provide an unusual depth of characterisation for this style of book.

I would highly recommend it. It also stands on its own even as a sequel. You could chose to head over and read the first book first, or go straight ahead with this one. You're fine either way.

A GOOD AUSTRALIAN YARN

I devoured this book! Being an Australian, and being born in Western Australia, I enjoyed every single page. You could smell the dust and feel the heat - and the BEST thing was, it wasn't overdone. Too many book supposedly set in Oz overdo the Australian-isms. This is a good story, the characters are well portrayed, and it leaves you with just a little wonder about his future ..... I hope he writes another book with the same character. I believe he wrote a book called Heist, before Marble Bar, but I found that out later. If you would like a change from books set in USA or Europe, go for this. You won't be sorry.

Five Stars

Brilliant depiction of the toughest country in Australia and a story that's credible and fun.

A worthy sequel, a slower pace and a damn good read

#2 in this series and a very good follow-up to The Heist. A case of "the same, but different". At the end of the 1st novel, Gareth Ford and his little daughter seem to be on the verge of a settled and better life, but when the 2nd novel kicks-off in the mining town of Newman you guess that things have unravelled somewhat. It only gets worse and before too long father, daughter and old friend Rose are off to Marble Bar - a hot, bleak and increasingly dangerous town.