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Brenda
It's 1971 in Moorabool, not far from Armidale in NSW and Sergeant Mick Goodenough was shocked at the apparent suicide of the deputy mayor - and man who had been looking forward to his future with happiness. Mick was suspicious but everything pointed to suicide. Then not long after, Christine, from the abattoir where a lot of the town's young people worked, was found dead, also by suicide. Mick knew deep down there was something bad going on at the abattoir, and he was determined to find out what ...more
PattyMacDotComma
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“All we wanted to do was borrow a car for a few days to go up north and get a job on the trawlers� Now this.�


In their late teens, Hal and his friend Lloyd were tearing up the road, heading from northern NSW for Queensland, the destination of choice for so many young people from the inland country towns of Australia. Wrapping their car around a tree was not a great start.

“September, 1971. Spring had finally hit Moorabool, draping the winter streets and back roads with bright yellow explosions
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Helen
Aug 30, 2022 rated it it was amazing
I didn’t read the first book in this series, but that did not stop me from thoroughly enjoying this fabulous story, set in a small country town Moorabool near Armidale and in 1971, this one pulled me in from the start till the end, a great crime, mystery story that will keep you thinking.

Sergeant Mick Goodenough is called out the apparent suicide of the you deputy Mayor, a shocking site to find, and the local doctor says death by misadventure but Mick is thinking other things, when not long afte
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Tien
Sep 17, 2022 rated it really liked it
A follow up on The Night Whistler, The Carnival is Over is set approximately 5 years after the events in The Night Whistler. Hal and Allie are on the verge of adulthood and Mick Goodenough promoted to Sergeant and quite settled in Moorabool. And yet, he still likes to rock the boat especially when he's got his teeth into a puzzling mystery.

The Carnival is Over is a thoroughly enjoyable complex mystery that kept you guessing all the time with just enough suspense to get your heart racing. The swi
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Catsalive
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Kathy
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