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y separately published work icon Traced single work   novel   thriller  
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Traced
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'Jane is a contact tracer. She has to call a lot of people and some of them don’t want to talk. Various reasons – tax or immigration issues, infidelity. Domestic abuse.

'Jane knows all about that. She and her daughter Tara have spent years in hiding from Tara’s manipulative and terrifying ex. Now, as Jane talks to a close contact, she realises the woman on the phone is scared of the same man – and he’s close. Too close.

'Suddenly the past comes slamming back into the present as Jane realises she and Tara can’t keep running forever.

'One day, they’re going to be found.' (Publication summary) 

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2023 .
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      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      •  Published February 2023

      ISBN: 9781922790125
Form: audiobook
    • Tullamarine, Keilor - Sunshine area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Bolinda Audio Books , 2023 .
      Extent: 8 CDs; 8 hours and 55 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 4 July 2023 
      ISBN: 9781038636577, 9781038636829 (MP3 CD)

Works about this Work

Book Review : Traced, Catherine Jinks Ashleigh Meikle , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of Traced Catherine Jinks , 2023 single work novel
Catherine Jinks Traced Linda Jaivin , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 8-14 July 2023;

— Review of Traced Catherine Jinks , 2023 single work novel

'Traced opens in 2020. The narrator, Jane, is a middle-aged contact tracer at a New South Wales Health call centre in Sydney’s western outskirts. The novel transports us back to the time when Covid-19 was new and all talk was of clusters and close contacts. It’s interesting how historical a story that takes place just three years ago can feel.' 

Catherine Jinks Traced Linda Jaivin , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 8-14 July 2023;

— Review of Traced Catherine Jinks , 2023 single work novel

'Traced opens in 2020. The narrator, Jane, is a middle-aged contact tracer at a New South Wales Health call centre in Sydney’s western outskirts. The novel transports us back to the time when Covid-19 was new and all talk was of clusters and close contacts. It’s interesting how historical a story that takes place just three years ago can feel.' 

Book Review : Traced, Catherine Jinks Ashleigh Meikle , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of Traced Catherine Jinks , 2023 single work novel
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