Introducing Stella Hardy, a wisecracking social worker with a thirst for social justice, good laksa, and alcohol.
Stella's phone rings. A young African boy, the son of one of her clients, has been murdered in a dingy back alley. Stella, in her forties and running low on empathy, heads into the night to comfort the grieving mother. But when she gets there, she makes a discovery that has the potential to uncover something terrible from her past — something she thought she'd gotten away with.
Then Stella's neighbour Tania mysteriously vanishes. When Stella learns that Tania is the heir to a billion-dollar mining empire, Stella realises her glamorous young friend might have had more up her sleeve than just a perfectly toned arm. Who is behind her disappearance?
Enlisting the help of her friend, Senior Constable Phuong Nguyen, Stella's investigation draws her further and further into a dark world of drug dealers, sociopaths, and killers, such as the enigmatic Mr Funsail, whose name makes even hardened criminals run for cover.
One thing is clear: Stella needs to find answers fast — before the people she's looking for find her instead.
Set in the bustling, multicultural innerwest of Melbourne, Good Money reveals a daring and exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction.
Title | : | Good Money |
Edition Language | : | English |
An exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction.My View:What a wonderful discovery - JM Green I can’t wait for your next book!What a fantastic new voice in Australian crime fiction! I loved every ...
I thoroughly enjoyed this local crime thriller. Loved all the Melbourne references including one of my favourite Footscray Vietnamese places Thien An. ...
Good Money is an ok read set in inner Melbourne with a protagonist that won’t suit everyone’s tastes, unfortunately this included me. The three plot elements are each ok in their own right but not...
Set mostly in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, JM Green’s Good Money introduces Stella Hardy. A social worker by vocation, Hardy is the sort of laksa-loving, inner-city woman who fits into the role...
‘My bedroom. Population: one. I was horizontal under the covers imitating sleep, when my mobile buzzed .’Meet Stella Hardy, a social worker in her forties, working in the western suburbs of Melbou...
Good Money is an Australian crime story with a number of differences that make it stand out in this crowded field. One, it has a woman as the heroine – Stella Hardy, who definitely isn’t a cop. Sh...
I really enjoyed this Australian crime novel from a debutant author with clear storytelling talent. GOOD MONEY, touted as the first Stella Hardy novel, is one of those books that's good across the boa...
A great read by a Melbourne crime writer. JM Green places the city, particularly its Western suburbs, front and centre and paints vivid pictures of the streetscapes and characters that populate it. Th...
Debut novel by Melbourne author J M Green. My library service is hosting this author in July so I wanted to buy her book and read it before going along to hear her story.As a debut novel it was pretty...
A satisfying crime novel featuring Stella Hardy, a social worker and set in Melbourne's West. I loved everything about this book, but especially a strong female protagonist and my side of town-the wes...