{"product_id":"force-and-fraud-a-tale-of-the-bush-9780987625328","title":"Force and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bad-tempered squatter is murdered in country Victoria and the local townsfolk are swept up in the rush to solve the crime. Will the squatter's beautiful daughter, Flora McAlpin, save her lover from the gallows? Or is the circumstantial evidence against him too strong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Davitt's \u003cem\u003eForce and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush\u003c\/em\u003e is a feisty account of a murder investigation in the colonies that takes the twists and turns of English sensation fiction in a uniquely Australian direction. The novel brings an innovative forensic eye to its crime, reinventing the squatter romance as it takes its characters from country to city and from public house to courthouse. \u003cem\u003eForce and Fraud\u003c\/em\u003e was serialised in the popular, long-running \u003cem\u003eAustralian Journal\u003c\/em\u003e from 2 September to 18 November 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an introduction by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a romance with a tight mystery plot . . . an assured whodunnit'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Sussex, \u003cem\u003eBlockbuster! Fergus Hume and the Mystery of a Hansom Cab \u003c\/em\u003e(2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eForce and Fraud\u003c\/em\u003e is pioneering in its status as the first murder mystery in Australia . . .'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Watson, \u003cem\u003eWomen Writing Crime Fiction, 1860-1880 \u003c\/em\u003e(2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grattan Street Press, University of Melbourne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780987625328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Ellen Davitt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924696596661,"sku":"9780987625328","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_51b5cec2-531c-40c2-960c-dc551af79ef6.jpg?v=1761660484","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/force-and-fraud-a-tale-of-the-bush-9780987625328","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}