Join Dave Warner and his guitarist and friend, Tony Durant for an afternoon of music and chat to celebrate his new book “Summer of Blood”.

About the Book:

Two Australian police officers travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1967 in search of a missing young man, only to find themselves fully immersed in the world of music, free love, drugs and hippie counterculture. They soon realise this isn’t just any ordinary missing person investigation. A big gig is the perfect place to get away with murder, and their search becomes a thrilling journey through the seamy side of the 1960s. This book is not to be missed for fans of gripping crime fiction and rock’n’roll.

The book has music hits and cameo appearances by Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley. A playlist and single, also named ‘Summer of Blood’, accompany the book. Both are available on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1TpvX33jsEaB2XhMsJtibm

About the Author:

Dave Warner is an author, musician and screenwriter. He has written nine novels and six non-fiction books. His first novel, City of Light, won the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Fiction, and Before it Breaks (2015) the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian crime fiction. His novel Clear to the Horizon features the lead characters from both these books. His most recent crime novels are River of Salt and Over My Dead Body. Dave Warner first came to national prominence with his gold album Mug’s Game, and his band Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs. In 2017 he released his tenth album, When. He has been named a Western Australian State Living Treasure and has been inducted into the WAMi Rock’n’Roll of Renown.

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