by Alan Carter
‘Plenty of dismembered corpses and a dark sense of humour … an enjoyable debut.’ Sydney Morning Herald
‘What I really enjoyed … is the novel’s sense of humour – the way Carter has balanced the grisly reality of the crimes and the attendant commentary on mining development and migrant labour with the genuinely comic and witty self-deprecations of the characters …’ Weekend Australian
‘A rollicking good read for those who enjoy a thrilling story.’ Minestyle Magazine
‘Accomplished and entertaining.’ Sydney Morning Herald
‘Getting Warmer is a winner.’ The Saturday Age
MORE GREAT CRIME
AVAILABLE FROM FREMANTLEPRESS.COM.AU
FROM FREMANTLE PRESS
AND ALL GOOD BOOKSTORES
First published 2017 by
FREMANTLE PRESS
25 Quarry Street, Fremantle WA 6160
(PO Box 158, North Fremantle WA 6159)
www.fremantlepress.com.au
Copyright © Alan Carter, 2017
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.
This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher.
Consultant editor Georgia Richter
Cover design Nada Backovic
Cover photograph Enzo Amato/ImageBrief.com
Printed by McPherson’s Printing, Australia
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Carter, Alan, 1959– author.
Marlborough man / Alan Carter.
ISBN: 9781925164541 (epub)
Subjects: Suspense fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Marlborough Sounds (NZ)-Fiction
Fremantle Press is supported by the State Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts.
Publication of this title was assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.