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Shadow House (The Sydney Quartet Book 4) Kindle Edition

by A.J. Sendall (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 4 of 4: The Sydney Quartet

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She’s out to avenge her sister’s death - he’s on a path to self-destruction.

Heather Todd’s life had never been easy, but when her sister died as a result of overcut cocaine, everything changed. Now she’s determined to take down Sydney’s notorious organized crime ring, vowing to ensure her sister didn’t die in vain. Ex MI6 operative turned world sailor, Sam Autenburg is on a bender after his partner died, also as a result of overcut cocaine. When one night things go desperately wrong for Sam, Heather comes to his rescue. Taunting and goading him, she eventually convinces him to take on her cause and infiltrate the organized crime syndicate responsible for her sister’s, and his partner’s, deaths. Going after the brutal gang will be no easy feat, and in order to stop them, Sam and Heather must put their own lives on the line.

Together in loss and driven by revenge, Sam and Heather hunt for justice, and in doing so, begin their own path to redemption.
Can they find the evidence they need without getting caught? Are they strong enough to take on this fight without losing themselves in the process?

Find out in this action-packed thriller, filled with daring adventure and high-risk operations!

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"I have just finished reading this novel and am still having moments when I think I am still sailing the Caribbean with Heather and Sam! Both these main characters are very well drawn, and invite you to share their declaration of war against the Sydney underworld. This is not my usual genre , but once I had entered into Sydney's steamy gangster ridden world I was hooked, and had to follow."
"Sendall knows his stuff, and his research has been exemplary. The sailing references are written with accuracy and loving care, yet his depiction and dialogue of the drugs barons are also convincing and laced with black humour. It's also very violent in places but considering the subject matter, it has to be. An unusual book in many ways, and hugely enjoyable."

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In Heather, I sought to examine how people--most of us in fact--change and buckle under the pressure of life. Sometimes the change lasts a few brief moments, sometimes for the greater part of our lives. And how when released from that pressure, some are free to become their real self.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MY5W2DM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Next Chapter Press; 2nd edition (August 21, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 21, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 957 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 465 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1530358361

Best Sellers Rank: #4,457,119 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,949 in Mystery Series
- #6,651 in Organized Crime (Kindle Store)
- #7,348 in Noir Crime

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Since I left England in 1979, I've travelled widely, collecting experiences, people, and places as I did so. From the blood-soaked streets of Kampala, the polluted dust bowls of the Sahara, or the pristine ice floes of the Antarctic, I've gathered and filed them away. Some have recently squeezed through the bars of insecurity and are now at large in the pages of my first novels.

Although I grew up in Norfolk, UK, I never felt truly at home until I lived in Australia, and that is no doubt the reason my first published novels are set there. All of my books thus far have some element of fact in them. I guess it's hard for any writer not to include events from their life. Our experiences shape our thoughts and the words and actions of our characters.

I sometimes wish I'd become a novelist earlier in life, but then if I had, I wouldn't have the range of characters and events that I do now.

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Poppy

A smooth sail from the vicious Sydney underworld to the balmy Caribbean...

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2015

I have just finished reading this novel and am still having moments when I think I am still sailing the Caribbean with Heather and Sam! Both these main characters are very well drawn, and invite you to share their declaration of war against the Sydney underworld. This is not my usual genre , but once I had entered into Sydney's steamy gangster ridden world I was hooked, and had to follow. All the characters are believable, but there are so many really horrific personalities on show here, I wished that just once or twice we could have met someone who was at least normal, if not actually kind! That is the only slight reservation I have about this book, and I loved the way that Heather and Sam gradually shed their previous personas to develop into the kind of people they really always were, wanting to lead the life which is possible if you really go for it.

The story line was believable and quite exciting, and the way Sam managed to achieve his objectives without the usual violence and bloodletting was very well imagined and written, as were the passages which described the development of Sam and Heather's relationship. I shall look forward to reading more by A.J.Sendall

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2015

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I really enjoyed Heather by Alan Sendal. It was fast moving well researched and really gripping. The odd typo did not however diminish the overall experience for me. Quite a way from my usual style of a read but it was really great. Didn't want to put it down!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2015

REVIEWED by Danika Jayde of The Reader's Hollow blog:

This was an interesting read for me, though at times I found there was an almost staccato flow that made the reading at times a bit broken. There were paragraph breaks when changing the view to know that it was from a different character viewpoint which was great, but then other times there were breaks simply to show a short space in time had passed. Because of this there were spaces in paragraphs where I personally thought were a break for a change of scene or view, but in actuality only a short space in time. It was because of these multiple reasons behind these breaks that made things to me seem a bit choppy. In my mind the story would have flowed better with a simple sentence to connect the two that were time change and not view change. That being said I did enjoy the idea and story.

I enjoyed the mystery behind the character of Sam in the beginning, and the candidness of Heather, as well I think that the development of the characters in general was well done. The fact that I had a personal dislike for McCutchen early on simply by description I believe was a great job and the back story to Loretto Reed to help build his persona was a marvelous decision. There is but one thing that I wish would have been added, and that is near the ending when Divinski is again playing a part in the story it was so long since I had read his name that I had forgotten he was an associate of Sam’s in the beginning; my thought is that maybe a link to remind readers of that relationship between the pair in some way would have been helpful since there are quite a few different characters.

Now as for story while I did enjoy it I think that it would have gotten a higher rating from me if there had been more parts that were of Sam, or even Heather, doing infiltration or descriptions of actual jobs. What it seemed like to me is that most of the time the story was of just Sam hanging out in strip clubs and sleeping with strippers to get information or to get closer to the goal. It did make sense to get him into the world in the first place and to keep up the façade, but to have more situations like the one with the shootout along with that would have kept my interest more and kept me more invested in the story. It just made the book stay at a moderate level instead of taking me on a ride of climatic outcomes and anticipation. I did however greatly enjoy the ending and how things played out, especially with Mitchell (I’ll keep that limited as to not create a spoiler).

So all in all, I did enjoy the book. In my opinion if you enjoy the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, give this one a try.

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2017

Shadow House is a page-turning thrill ride. The characters are fully fleshed and relatable to some extent. (I can't say I've ever been involved with the underworld in Australia, so not fully relatable.) Good action with a nice mix of romance without hardcore sex portrayed. I could have done without the f-word every other sentence, but I suppose that's the nature of the beast. The ending was a little bit of a disappointment as far as the main characters' involvement. It felt slightly anti-climatic, but overall a winner.

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Characters are well-portrayed and relate-able to many; story has a near-perfect balance of dialogue and narrative description.

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2014

Overall, this is a pretty good read!
The main characters - Sam and Heather - are effectively portrayed as people who have been for the most part in control of their lives and then find themselves in unfamiliar territory. That makes them a lot like you and me, every new decade of our lives. They're relate-able to many of us even though their current circumstances (hopefully!) are not.
Also, the story moves along at a good pace, with a near-perfect balance of dialogue and narrative description.
Overall, this is a pretty good read!

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geoffjones

last part of the Sydney quartet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2019

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I've enjoyed all four books, set in the 60s very atmospheric and brings to life the Kings Cross area which probably hasn't changed much over the years!
Full of characters, mostly villains. Recommend read in order and enjoy.
Author obviously a sailor and you feel you are with the person who is doing the sailing.
I hope he will consider basing future books in this iconic area.
Highly recommended.

LadyJaguar

Sex, swearing and sailing - a noir thriller, Oz-style

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2014

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Hard-drinking Sam and attractive, cynical escort Heather have both lost people close to them due to the adulterated cocaine flooding the backstreets of Sydney. They join forces in order to shut down the dealing operation of the local kingpin, vicious Loretto Reed and his gang of thugs. In order to do this, Sam has to infiltrate Reed's inner circle and pose as someone Reed cannot do without, whilst Heather returns to her past as a gangster's moll to gain more information. It is a deadly game, and someone is inevitably going to get hurt.

This is a noirish underworld thriller, with savage villains and sultry lap-dancers, double-dealing and gunplay. Despite the title, this is a masculine read with strong sailing overtones, as Sam and Heather are sent on a cross-Pacific cruise with a boat full of cocaine. It's an unusual mix, but it works.

Sendall knows his stuff, and his research has been exemplary. The sailing references are written with accuracy and loving care, yet his depiction and dialogue of the drugs barons are also convincing and laced with black humour. It's also very violent in places but considering the subject matter, it has to be. An unusual book in many ways, and hugely enjoyable.

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Em Sendall

A brilliant story of the Sydney underworld

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2014

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A brilliant story of the Sydney underworld, a complex web of characters and an examination of what circumstance can do to a person. A fantastic read that will make you question what really drives you.

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