Teaser Tuesday (18th of September, 2012)

To quote Stan Lee: Face front, true believer! We continue our September Teaser Tuesdays, looking forward. Tomorrow we have an author talk with Nicole Watson! We hope to see you there. To whet your appetite, here's a teaser morsel.

"That look is to the lawyer what steady hands are to the surgeon. It disguises the jackhammer, keeps the client wrapped in the cotton wool of self-righteousness, pays the bills."

- The Boundary, by Nicole Watson

About the book:

Hours after rejecting the Corrowa People’s native title claim on Brisbane’s Meston Park, Justice Bruce Brosnan is brutally murdered in his home. Days later, lawyers against the claim are also found dead.

Aboriginal people were once prohibited from entering Brisbane’s city limits at night, and Meston Park stood on the boundary. The Corrowa’s matriarch, Ethel Cobb, is convinced the murders are the work of an ancient assassin who has returned to destroy the boundary, but Aboriginal lawyer Miranda Eversely isn't so sure. When the Premier is kidnapped, the pressure to find the killer intensifies ...

While the investigation forces Detective Sergeant Jason Matthews to confront his buried heritage, Miranda battles a sense of personal failure at the Corrowa’s defeat. How far will it take her to the edge of self-destruction?

The Boundary is new Australian crime that will keep you guessing. It is also the winner of the 2009 David Unaipon Award. — From the publisher (slightly rearranged by me).

About the author:

Nicole Watson is a member of the Birri-Gubba People and the Yugambeh language group. Nicole has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland and a Master of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology. Nicole was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1999. She has worked for Legal Aid Queensland, the National Native Title Tribunal, the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency and as a columnist for the National Indigenous Times. Nicole is currently a senior research fellow at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney. — From the publisher.

Find a copy:

• The Boundary is available at the city campus at 823.4 WATB.

About Teaser Tuesdays:

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading! Everyone is welcome to play!

How it works:

1. Grab a book from your collection

2. Select 2 sentences that make an interesting teaser (avoid spoilers please!)

3. Post the sentences, along with author and book title in the comments of this post

This month's reading theme is GROW which comes courtesy of the National Year of Reading 2012 program!