I imagine her as delicately boned or did Viskic slide that in without me noticing? There’s been a lot of noise lately about diversity in literature, or lack thereof, and if Viskic lived in Perth, I’d offer to buy her a drink for dreaming up these characters and for adding more diversity to Australian fiction. His partner, Frankie, is a whole box of surprises. He didn’t grow up on the shiny side of town and he isn’t a sophisticated sleuth like Sherlock, but damn this man has got heart and a Macgyver-esque survival instinct. I don’t know what he looks like (did I just not notice) but I know he’s deaf. I like an antihero, who doesn’t? I’ve watched every episode of Rake on ABC and Caleb Zelic is my kind of antihero. But I was also hooked on the story and don’t even get me started on the characters. I thought I may get a laugh out of it.Īnd I did. So when I spotted her book in a small independent bookshop I picked it up. I’d been following Viskic on Twitter for a few weeks and her tweets about losing hotels and throwing her belongings down the loo had me in stitches. Not until I picked up Viskic’s Resurrection Bay. I watch plenty of Nordic noir on the telly and once in a blue moon, I’ll reach for Agatha Christie but contemporary crime fiction? Never.
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Riko is still studying in school, so she starts living with her uncle while Soichiro lives with his long-time companion, Pete, his pet cat. A few years later, when Soichiro is already a grown-up and doing his own research, the Professor passes away. Soichiro learns a lot from the Professor and also gets his liking for robotics from him. The Professor’s daughter, Riko, also grows fond of him. Soichiro Takamura loses his parents at an early age and his father’s friend, Professor Matsushita, takes him into his family. Leonnig is the author of the book "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" and co-author of "I Alone Can Fix It," which delves into Trump's final year as president. Two top members of former President Donald Trump's personal security detail were "very, very close" to Trump and are "viewed as being aligned" with him, said Carol Leonnig, a long-time investigative reporter at The Washington Post. Many in Trump's detail cheered the Capitol riot, said Leonnig, whose book covers the Secret Service. The agents plan to dispute part of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony regarding Trump, said Leonnig. Two Secret Service agents were close to Trump and seen as his enablers, said Carol Leonnig. A "very large contingent" of former President Donald Trump's security detail had used their social media accounts to "cheer on the insurrection" on January 6, said author Carol Leonnig. |