Miles Off Course

A Rowland Sinclair Mystery
Sulari Gentill - Winner of Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Fiction 2012


Murder, Treason, Trespass, Kidnapping, Betrayal... Again, Rowland Sinclair finds himself in the middle of it all.

“... replete with comedy, intrigue and the outlandish details of Australian history... Sulari Gentill is an unusually vivid and witty writer. Managing to avoid the common pitfalls of historical fiction, she delivers another daring adventure with a cracking plot, peopled by characters who will charm your pants off.”
- The Age

“…Miles Off Course is a brightly splashed canvas, one that Gentill takes obvious delight in painting. This is the kind of book that is so fun to read that one can’t help but feel that the author must have gotten a real kick out of writing it. “
– Booktopia

“What I love about Sulari Gentill‘s books is her mix of fact and fiction: the books are very well researched, events and moods of the time and well-known people of the era woven in with the fictional Sinclairs. … Gentill’s books have a nod to Agatha Christie’s golden age fiction in more ways than one.”
– Fiction by Caroline

The Third Book of the Acclaimed Rowland Sinclair Mysteries

In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed.

And then Harry Simpson vanishes.

Croquet and pre-dinner cocktails are abandoned for the High Country where Rowland hunts for Simpson with a determination that is as mysterious as the disappearance itself. Stockmen, gangsters and a belligerent writer all gather to the fray, as the investigation becomes embroiled with a much darker conspiracy.

As all hell breaks loose, will Rowland be able to save Harry from his captors? And will he be strong enough to save himself and the rest of his companions?

WITTY DIALOGUE, LIVE CHARACTERS AND A SHREWD AWARENESS OF THE TIMES

The Rowland Sinclair Mystery Series is a thoroughly Australian crime series set in a world of art, money, murder, treason, trespass, kidnapping, betrayal and dark conspiracy, with its backdrop the 1930s during the Great Depression and pre-World War II tensions. Protagonist Rowland Sinclair is young, wealthy and very charming. He is an artist, gentleman and major magnet for scandal. His bohemian circle of friends is carefree despite the national and international political tensions, and a growing body count.

Do you love
historical crime mysteries
? Have you fallen in love with the world of Rowland Sinclair? Why not check out the rest of the series!

The delightfully adventurous Rowland Sinclair Mystery series, in order:

A Few Right Thinking Men, The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: Book 1
A Decline in Prophets, The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: Book 2
Miles Off Course, The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: Book 3
Paving the New Road, The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: Book
Gentlemen Formerly Dressed, The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: Book 5
A Murder Unmentioned, The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: Book 6