The Company of Rats

BOOK ADDED: Fri, 21/06/2024 - 1:24pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for The Company of Rats by Sulari Gentill is an image of an elaborately dressed gentleman in front of a large house, with a very fancy 1940's style car behind him. There are rats around and on parts of the house, and text at the bottom headed Proclamation Plague

A short story prequel in the Rowland Sinclair series available on the State Library of NSW website.Read more

A Decline in Prophets

BOOK ADDED: Sat, 05/10/2019 - 2:35pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill includes the tagline 'A Rowland Sinclair Novel', with the quote 'Rowland Sinclair ... the gentleman sleuth ... with a penchant for living la vie de boheme' Sun Herald. The cover is made up of a shot of three men, and one woman standing in front of a deck railing, looking out towards a city view featuring high buildings. The men are wearing 1940's style suits, two in hats, and the woman is wearing a long dress with a coat over the top, and a hat. There is a paint brush above their heads with a blood spatter at the brush end.

In 1932, the R.M.S. Aquitania embodies all that is gracious and refined, in a world gripped by crisis and doubt.

Returning home on the luxury liner after months abroad, Rowland Sinclair and his companions dine with a suffragette, a Bishop and a retired World Prophet. The Church...Read more

Miles Off Course

BOOK ADDED: Tue, 13/11/2018 - 4:09pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for Miles off Course by Sulari Gentill includes the tagline 'A Rowland Sinclair Novel', with the quote '... a sparkling crime series. The Age'. The cover is made up of a shot of 4 people standing in a group, 3 holding walking sticks in their hands. One is female, she's wearing a dress and coat, and is holding an umbrella. The men in suits, vests and ties. They are standing on a grassed area. There is a paintbrush with a blood spatter at the brush end, and an insignia burnt into wood to the right of the title.

In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed.

And then Harry Simpson vanishes.

Croquet and pre-dinner cocktails are abandoned for the High Country...Read more

The Prodigal Son

BOOK ADDED: Sun, 29/01/2017 - 1:30pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for The Prodigal Son by Sulari Gentill is a drawing of an elaborately dressed gentleman and woman in front of a decorated railing. She's seated with a cloth covering her lower body and her arm out, holding a round hoop. He's dressed in a suit and tie, hands in pockets, leaning back against a heavy table. The tagline at the top says 'A Rowland Sinclair Novella'.

After publishing seven books in the award-winning Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, Sulari Gentill wanted to let her readers know how much she appreciates their support. And so, believing that a story is the most valuable thing a writer has to give, Sulari wrote The Prodigal a gift to those...Read more

A Few Right Thinking Men

BOOK ADDED: Tue, 01/06/2010 - 1:43pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill includes the tagline 'Introducing Rowland Sinclair', with the quote 'Witty dialogue, lively characters, and a shrewd political awareness of the times. - Award-winning Novelist, Marele Day. The cover is made up of a shot of men standing, at the top, the lower half of their bodies only visible. They are wearing suits with dress shoes, and one is holding a hat in his hand. The colours are muted grey's, whites and slightly tinted brown. There is a blood spatter at the bottom of the book, beside the tagline with a paint brush lying across the image and the author's name below that.

In Australia's 1930s, the Sinclair name is respectable and influential, yet the youngest son Rowland - an artist - has a talent for scandal. Even with the unemployed lining the streets, Rowland lives in a sheltered world... of wealth, culture & impeccable tailoring with the family...Read more