Hit

By Tara Moss

She's street-smart, stunning and hoping to leave her troubled past behind...
Makedde Vanderwall is ready to start work as a forensic psychologist... and a new life in Australia with her detective boyfriend, Andy Flynn. Hoping to scrape together some extra cash, Mak begins working part-time for an infamous Sydney PI. With a knack for investigation and bending the law, she might just have stumbled across her true calling - and the career choice that could finally bust up her relationship once and for all. then she is hired to investigate the murder of A-list PA Meaghan Wallace. the police believe it's an open and shut case but Mak discovers that it's a lot more complicated...

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jan 31, 2010
• ISBN: 9780730400288

Tara Moss

Tara Moss is a best-selling author of 13 books of fiction and non-fiction, published in 19 countries and 13 languages, a documentary host and award-winning human rights advocate. Her latest novel is the internationally bestselling historical thriller The War Widow, set in 1946 and featuring 'staunchly feminist, champagne-swilling, fast-driving Nazi hunter investigator' PI Billie Walker. Moss is an outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children, and people with disabilities. She has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2007 and as of 2013 is UNICEF Australia's National Ambassador for Child Survival. In 2014 she was recognised for Outstanding Advocacy for her blog Manus Island: An insider's report, which helped to break information to the public about the alleged murder of Reza Barati inside the Australian-run Manus Island Immigration Detention Centre. In 2015 she received an Edna Ryan Award for her significant contribution to feminist debate, speaking out for women and children and inspiring others to challenge the status quo, and 2017 was recognised as one of the Global Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life, for using her position in public life to make a positive impact in diversity, alongside Malala Yousufzai, Angelina Jolie, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet and more. In the media and through her social media page Tara and Wolfie, she brings advocacy and visibility to issues of disability and chronic pain, and the need to normalize mobility aids. Her in-depth novel research has seen her acquire her PI credentials, tour the FBI Academy at Quantico, spend time in squad cars, morgues, prisons, the Hare Psychopathy Lab, the Supreme Court and criminology conferences, take polygraph tests, shoot weapons, conduct surveillance, pass the Firearms Training Simulator (FATSII) with the LAPD, pull 4.2 G's doing loops over the Sydney Opera House flying with the RAAF, and acquire her CAMS race driver licence. She has hosted the true crime documentary series Tough Nuts - Australia's Hardest Criminals on the Crime & Investigation Network, 'Tara Moss Investigates' on the National Geographic Channel, the author interview show Tara in Conversation on 13th Street Universal and write and host the documentary Cyberhate, about online abuse. Moss is a dual Australian/Canadian citizen, and divides her time between NSW and Vancouver with her husband and daughter. Visit her at taramoss.com

Reviews for Hit

[balthazar0lawson · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed this Makedde Vanderwall story as the character had developed greatly since her first appearance in Fetish. She is more rounded and more in charge of her life, less of the victim. Unfortunately, when I think of Makedde, or Mak as she likes to be called, I can't help but picture the author who like her character is an ex model and has moved from Canada to Australia. I'm sure there are many differences, the least of which is that Mak has blonde hair and the author doesn't.

One negative about the writing style is the way conversations are drawn out. One character will say something and then there are a couple paragraphs of narrative and before a few words from the other character before you have another couple of paragraphs of narrative. These drawn out conversations kind of put a brake on the story, usually when you are about to find out something interesting.

I look forward to the next book in the series.

[theoclarke · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The plot of this was all the kept me reading and I was displeased to find that the ending amounted to "to be continued". I did not engage with any of the characters and the author's determination to show and tell would have been irritating even had she used a less repetitive vocabulary. This is an interesting premise wasted.

[devilish2 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Seriously bad. Badly written, annoying characters.

[littleton_pace · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

My first Tara Moss book in awhile :) I really love the way she writes her lead character, Mak, as an independent woman who doesn't wait around for someone to help her out; she just does her own thing even though she's in a relationship. I admire that. However, I don't "buy" the relationships Mak has with her female friends. I don't know why; maybe it's the way the friends, namely Loulou, are written. I don't buy Loulou is real; she just comes off like a cartoon character. The crime elements of these books are fantastic, IMO. I really enjoy the glimpses into the killers frame of mind as well as the detectives, getting the perspective from all sides not just the central character. To do that convincingly is very difficult but Moss pulls it off easily. The books are great stand alone novels, but also work well as a series. I look forward to reading the next one :)

[dcarlin-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Another typical Tara Moss 'whodunit' book. I enjoy Tara/Makadde novels, others I know, do not. I will be watching for another episode in Makadde's life. It was certainly not the worst book I have borrowed, and will happily return for more of Makadde.