The Toe Tag Quintet

Matthew Condon

The Toe Tag Quintet
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House Australia
Country
Australia
Published
3 December 2012
Pages
336
ISBN
9781742756691

The Toe Tag Quintet

Matthew Condon

Retirement can be murder!

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The adventures of a former Sydney detective from 21 Division\nwho, in his prime, collared some of the most murderous criminals in\nAustralian history yet, on retiring to the Gold Coast in\nQueensland, along with half of the criminal milieu he once pursued,\nis shot, king-hit, tortured, and thrown from buildings in his\nrelentless pursuit of justice.

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With his trademark wit, warmth and humour, Matthew Condon takes\nus on a crazy ride - in boats, kombis, peugeots and window-washing\nplatforms - through art galleries, libraries, swampy islands and\ncaravan parks to illustrate that we are never too old for\nadventures.

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Review

Upon their retirement, some people find they like to take up volunteer work. Or perhaps golf. Or perhaps some recreational cane-waving at young miscreants. In Matthew Condon’s The Toe Tag Quintet, an ex-police officer decides to skip out of crime-filled Sydney to the Gold Coast, only to find that he’s shot at, strung up and generally entangled in more trouble during his retirement than in all his years in the force.

Condon’s unnamed hero is quick with a barb but a bit slow to get off a soft couch. When the first problem arises, he’s stuck in a caravan park, searching for a house while his wife packs up their Sydney home. He encounters an old foe and ends up on an island being coshed over the head by a geriatric Russian man who may or may not possess some of Australia’s most expensive art.

This is just the start of an all-out entertaining book that, quite possibly, will make you want to retire quietly into a witness protection program.


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