Andrea Jutson
Andrea Jutson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
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Andrea Jutson is a New Zealand writer. She was born and raised in Auckland.[citation needed] She has published two crime novels featuring reticent medium James Paxton, Senseless (Random House, 2005) and The Darkness Looking Back (Random House, 2008). She was also short-listed for the 2011 Tessa Duder Award for New Zealand young adult literature for her unpublished manuscript, Cursed. Jutson has loved reading and writing her entire life, and was a bookseller for eight years, before working as a journalist for The Aucklander.[1] She has also reviewed literature for the Scoop news website in New Zealand,[2] and is now working in collection development at Auckland Libraries.[3]
Writing
In 2005, Jutson's debut novel Senseless was published – a psychic-tinged crime thriller set in Auckland, which introduced reluctant medium and English immigrant James Paxton. Paxton finds the body of a man bludgeoned to death, a dead man who then asks him to track down his killer, for the sake of his daughter. Jutson's debut received good reviews, including a comment from major New Zealand newspaper The Sunday Star-Times comparing her to Ruth Rendell and Jeffery Deaver.[4]
In 2008, Jutson released the follow-up to Senseless, again featuring Paxton and Detective Constable Andy Stirling. In The Darkness Looking Back, Paxton and Stirling find themselves knee-deep in another murder mystery after a pizza delivery boy stumbles across a body at a house in the Auckland suburbs.[5] Stirling, stumped by the grisly but seemingly motiveless crime, visits Paxton, hoping for ‘unofficial’ help. When another bashed and stabbed body is found by another delivery-person, the case quickly takes a more sinister twist, especially when it becomes apparent a game-playing serial killer is targeting unfaithful women. Paxton’s involvement is leaked to the media and public hysteria ensues – complicating both Paxton’s personal life, and an already difficult investigation for Stirling and his NZ Police colleagues.[6]
The Paxton series was cancelled after two novels. Jutson has since begun two young adult novels and two further works of crime fiction.[7]
Crime novels
- 2005: Senseless
- 2008: The Darkness Looking Back
Reviews
"I loved how I could visualise every scene from the book and the locations weren’t your average Auckland icons, either... Andrea Jutson writes with authority and compassion ...Senseless is a strong, thoughtful crime novel that stands out from the crowd" Clea Marshall, nzgirl magazine [8]
"One of the best things ... is Jutson’s depiction and use of Paxton and his psychic abilities. Neither contrived nor clichéd, Paxton is a fascinating and reasonably complex character – not a cardboard cutout of the average “psychic” tabloid columnist or wannabe TV celebrity... Topped off nicely by moments of humour and domesticity that provide a breather from the dark deeds, it’s an enjoyable local read for crime fiction fans." Craig Sisterson, NZLawyer magazine [9]
References
- ↑ "Random House NZ official website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-05-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Scoop Book Reviews[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Andrea Jutson page on Crime Watch website
- ↑ Andrea Jutson page on Crime Watch website
- ↑ Random House NZ official website[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Andrea Jutson page on Crime Watch website
- ↑ Andrea Jutson page on Crime Watch website
- ↑ NZGirl Book Reviews
- ↑ Crime Watch website
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