Emma Viskic

Review - And Fire Came Down, Emma Viskic

Author Information
Book Title: 
And Fire Came Down
Author Name: 
Emma Viskic
Author's Home Country: 
Australia
ISBN: 
9781760402945
Series: 
Caleb Zelic
Categorisation
Category: 
Crime Fiction
Location: 
Victoria
Australia
Publisher: 
Bonnier Publishing
Year of Publication: 
2017

Deaf since early childhood, Caleb Zelic is used to meeting life head-on. Now, he’s struggling just to get through the day. His best mate is dead, his ex-wife, Kat, is avoiding him, and nightmares haunt his waking hours.

Book Review: 

Emma Viskic explores difference, and its consequences, in this sequel to Resurrection Bay. Reviewed at Newtown Review of Books

#amreading And Fire Came Down, Emma Viskic

Submitted by Karen on July 31, 2017 - 10:24am
Book Title: 
And Fire Came Down
Author Name: 
Emma Viskic

I did some housekeeping over the weekend. The sort where you sweep all the books off the pile to be read and pluck out one that you really want to read. I did restack the pile again and promise I'm doing some catching up with badly overdue review books. But it was nice to get some tidying up done :)

From the Blurb:

Deaf since early childhood, Caleb Zelic is used to meeting life head-on. Now, he’s struggling just to get through the day. His best mate is dead, his ex-wife, Kat, is avoiding him, and nightmares haunt his waking hours.

Review - RESURRECTION BAY, Emma Viskic

Author Information
Book Title: 
Resurrection Bay
Author Name: 
Emma Viskic
Author's Home Country: 
Australia
ISBN: 
9781760068769
Categorisation
Category: 
Crime Fiction
Location: 
Victoria
Publisher: 
Echo Publishing
Publisher Website: 
Resurrection Bay - Echo Publishing
Year of Publication: 
2015

Caleb Zelic, profoundly deaf since early childhood, has always lived on the outside - watching, picking up telltale signs people hide in a smile, a cough, a kiss. When a childhood friend is murdered, a sense of guilt and a determination to prove his own innocence sends Caleb on a hunt for the killer. But he can’t do it alone. Caleb and his troubled friend Frankie, an ex-cop, start with one clue: Scott, the last word the murder victim texted to Caleb. But Scott is always one step ahead.

Book Review: 

A deftly handled plot, strong characters and a sly, dry humour make this an outstanding debut crime novel. - Review at Newtown Review of Books

Emma Viskic

Submitted by Karen on August 18, 2015 - 11:56am
Author Information
Viskic, Emma

Emma Viskic is a Melbourne-based crime writer. She has won two of Australia's premier crime fiction short story awards: the Ned Kelly S.D. Harvey Award (2014) and the New England Thunderbolt Award (2013). She has had stories placed and shortlisted in numerous other competitions and been published in Award Winning Australian Writing. She wrote the final daft of Resurrection Bay while being mentored through the UK-based WoMentoring.