Bleeding Hearts (Cameron novel)
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| Author | Lindy Cameron |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Kat O'Malley |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Australia |
| Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 522 |
| Awards | 2001 Ned Kelly Award, Readers Award; 2002 Davitt Award, Readers Choice, winner |
| ISBN | 0732264715 |
| Preceded by | Blood Guilt |
| Followed by | Thicker Than Water |
Bleeding Hearts is a 2001 crime novel by Australian author Lindy Cameron.[1]
It is the second in the author's Kat O'Malley series of novels, following Blood Guilt (1999).[2]
It was the winner of the Readers Award at the 2001 Ned Kelly Awards,[3] and the Readers Choice Davitt Award in 2002.[4]
Synopsis
[edit]Private detective, and budding crime novelist, Kat O'Malley has been engaged by TV presenter Rebecca Jones to investigate a series of threatening letters she has been receiving. Meanwhile, a series of murders is being kept secret from the public and piles of manure are being dumped on politicians' lawns.
Critical reception
[edit]Reviewing the novel for Australian Women's Book Review in 2001 Evelyn Hartogh noted that "Contemporary women's crime fiction has managed to turn the dynamic female lead character into a standard rather than a gimmick." She went on to conclude that the novel "offers positive depictions of strong women and lesbians while at the same time destabilizing the boundaries of what is seen as a 'valuable' woman. Cameron writes warmly about women who are in charge of their lives and implies clear contempt for women who trade on their looks and are dependent on men."[5]
Graeme Blundell in The Weekend Australian was not so convinced by the novel: "Cameron, with her ex-cop turned private investigator Kit O'Malley, understands that it is not enough to substitute a feminist for a male private eye. The genre must be stripped of macho elements and reinforced by a new awareness. However, Cameron digresses too frequently into a culture that likes to show off its two-months-in-the-Pacific tan and rainbow-coloured T-shirts."[6]
Publication history
[edit]Following the novel's initial publication in 2001 by HarperCollins Australia, it was reprinted as follows:
Awards
[edit]- 2002 Davitt Award, Readers Choice, winner[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ "Kat O'Malley series by Lindy Cameron". Austlit. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ "2001 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- 1 2 ""Davitt Award Winners 2001-2025"" (PDF). Sisters in Crime. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ ""Solving, Saving and Misbehaving"". Australian Women's Book Review, Vol 13, No 1, 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ ""Digression arrests flow"". The Weekend Australian, 5 May 2001. ProQuest 356600054. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ ""Lindy Cameron"". Bywater Books. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ "Austlit — Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron". Austlit. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
