A Thing of Blood — Robert Gott

Title: A Thing of Blood — Robert Gott

Author: Robert Gott

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Format: Paperback

Edition: First edition, first published by Scribe Publications, 2005

ISBN: 1920769587

Condition: Second-hand. Good condition with visible cover rubbing, edge wear, light corner wear, minor creasing, and a previous bookseller price sticker on the back cover. Binding appears intact and pages look clean and readable. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

A comic historical crime novel set in wartime Australia, A Thing of Blood follows failed Shakespearean actor and would-be private detective William Power as he returns to Melbourne during World War II. After his sister-in-law is kidnapped and a bloody scene is discovered in his mother’s kitchen, Power is drawn into a strange world of bohemians, black marketeers, murder and conspiracy.