Author of the acclaimed crime expose, 'Huckstepp', John Dale skillfully turns his pen to an intriguing blend of mystery, travel and memoir. Stunningly imagined, Dale re-creates the life and death of his grandfather.
At 7am on 16 May 1942 forty-year-old Harvey Malcolm was found in the front seat of his Chevrolet parked outside a young woman's house in Launceston with a bullet wound in his left temple and a .22 calibre rifle lying across his knees. Was it murder or suicide?
Sixty-two years later his grandson returns to Tasmania to investigate the unsolved death. What he discovers is a remarkable story.
Set in Hobart, New Orleans and New York during the late 1930s, 'Wild Life' is a rich and satisfying blend of mystery, travel and memoir.
