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One of Us
London
:
Bloomsbury
,
2022
23922400
2022
single work
novel
'Behind the tall hedges of the affluent, gated community of Apple Tree Creek, not all is as it seems -
'Out of the blue, Gertie's husband decides they need a break and he's leaving her with their three children. Two streets east and three gardens down, successful businesswoman Rachael discovers her husband has cheated on her again even though she's pregnant with his third child. Thrown together by a chance encounter, the two women bond over the shared disaster that is their marriages.
'But did one husband push his wife too far?
'When the ambulance sirens cut through the serenity of Apple Tree Creek, the small community is shocked at the violence that's played out in their midst. CCTV reveals no outsiders visited the estate that night, confirming that the assailant must have been one of their own. Is the culprit still living among them? And why didn't any of the cameras, designed to keep them all safe, catch anything?
As the web of neighbourly relationships unravels and the workings of their inner lives are exposed, questions will be asked, but not everyone wants to learn the answers.
'You can only push people so far.'(Publication summary)
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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y
The Day the Lies Began
Neutral Bay
:
Pantera Press
,
2019
16724980
2019
single work
novel
thriller
'Secrets have a habit of rising to the surface, especially in small towns. Two couples, four ironclad friendships, the perfect coastal holiday town. Wife and mother Abbi, town cop Blake, schoolteacher Hannah and local doctor Will are caught in their own tangled webs of deceit. When the truth washes in to their beachside community, so do the judgements: victim or vigilante, who will forgive, who will betray? Not all relationships survive. Nor do all residents. A domestic noir-thriller with a distinctly Australian flavour.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2020 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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Missing You
Australia
:
Bantam Australia
,
2015
8324672
2015
single work
novel
romance
'When Aisha met Ryan she fell hard for his good looks and easy charm. Why worry that he didn't want children or a 9 to 5 job? Nothing and no one would come between them.
'But with the birth of their high-needs son, Eli, their extraordinary love is shackled into an ordinary life, their passion blunted by responsibility.
'Until Ryan can't take it anymore.
'Then, following a mysterious phone call late one night, Aisha leaves four-year-old Eli in the care of her elderly father Patrick - and doesn't come back.
'As Patrick struggles with the grandson he barely knows or understands, his frustration with his missing daughter and absent son-in-law quickly turns to fear.
'Particularly when blood is found in Aisha's abandoned car ...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2016 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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