A Few Right Thinking Men - (Rowland Sinclair Mysteries) by Sulari Gentill (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Historical crime fiction which brings together art, money, crime, politics and treason in an extraordinary tale set in Australia's Great Depression of the 1930s.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Shortlisted for Best First Book for the Commonwealth Writers' Price for 2011</b></p> <p>Meet Rowland Sinclair, gentleman and artist living in 1931 Sydney. Friend of the Left, son of the Right, he paints in a superbly tailored, three-piece suit and houses friends who include a poet, a painter, and a feminist sculptress whom he has painted nude and hung it in the drawing room. Is he perhaps in love with Edna? If so, she isn't having any.</p> <p>Sinclair's fortune and his indifference to politics shelter him from the mounting tensions of the Great Depression roiling Australia and taking it near the brink of revolution.</p> <p>One day in December 1931 comes terrible news: Uncle Rowly has been murdered in his home by unknown assailants. The murder prompts Roland to infiltrate the echelons of the old and new guard. Among them are a few right thinking men, a cadre of conservatives who became convinced of a Communist takeover and have formed a movement to combat it. In time, Rowland's investigation exposes an extraordinary conspiracy with direct personal consequences.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>As series-launching novels go, this one is especially successful: the plot effectively plays Sinclair's aristocratic bearing and involvement in the arts against the Depression setting, fraught with radical politics, both of which he becomes involves in as he turns sleuth. And Sinclair himself is a delight: wining us over completely and making us feel as though he's an old friend. <b>(starred review)</b>-- "<b><i>Booklist</i></b>"<br><br>Fans of Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher series, rejoice: here comes another Depression-era Australian sleuth! Along the way there is plenty of solid discussion of politics and social status, with enough context to both draw in those new to the era and keep those more well-versed in their history interested.-- "<b><i>Historical Novel Society</i></b>"<br><br>Gentill's well-mannered first novel in a series set in Depression-era Australia introduces gentleman painter Rowland Rowly Sinclair, the somewhat emotionally reserved youngest son of a moneyed family. Rowly's pursuit of his artistic path and financial support of several similar-minded creative friends are causes of concern to his older brother and their peers, right-thinking men who suspect Rowly's associates of Communist leanings or worse. When Rowly's uncle, also named Roland Sinclair, dies after being assaulted in his Sydney home, the police suspect the elderly housekeeper, in collusion with other disenfranchised elements, despite the housekeeper's reported sighting of mysterious dark figures at the scene. Convinced the police are pursuing the wrong path, Rowly looks deeper into his uncle's holdings and interests. Gentill's positioning of Rowly as an observer of the personal consequences of political actions targeting the privileged and the not so fortunate helps inform the sometimes dry narrative.-- "<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>"<br><br>It takes a talented writer to imbue history with colour and vivacity... <i>A Few Right Thinking Men</i> more than matches its historical crime contemporaries... It is rare to find such an assured debut as <i>A Few Right Thinking Men</i>. The novel deserves to be both read and remembered as an insight into the Australia that was; its conflicting ideologies, aims and desires; the hallmarks of a country still maturing.-- "<b><i>Australian Book Review</i></b>"<br><br>This mystery deals briefly with the struggles of veterans returning home after war. Rowly's middle brother has been killed in France and his older brother suffers from the trauma of war. I never knew anything about Australia's entrance into World War I or about her politics after the war. I found this rendition of the era fascinating. Author Sulari Gentill has won wide recognition for her work.-- "<b>BookLoons</b>"<br><br>While the vintage Down Under settings might make this debut, which was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book, comparable to Kerry Fisher's Melbourne-based Phryne Fisher 1920s mysteries, Gentill works in historical events that add verisimilitude to her story. There are more political machinations going on here than Phryne could ever contemplate. VERDICT: Thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for bringing another award-winning Australian crime writer to U.S. shores. Her witty hero will delight traditional mystery buffs. <b>(starred review)</b>-- "<b><i>Library Journal</i></b>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>After setting out to study astrophysics, graduating in law and then abandoning her legal career to write books, Sulari now grows French black truffles on her farm in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains of NSW. Sulari is author of The Rowland Sinclair Mystery series, historical crime fiction novels (eight in total) set in the 1930s. Sulari's <em>A Decline in Prophets</em> (the second book in the series) was the winner of the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Fiction 2012. She was also shortlisted for Best First Book (<em>A Few Right Thinking Men</em>) for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011. <em>Paving the New Road</em> was shortlisted for another Davitt in 2013.</p>
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