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'Nina never knew what happened to her father, the celebrated artist Jim Larkin. One minute he was her devoted dad, the next he'd disappeared without trace. Seventeen years later, she's still haunted by the mystery.
'Until a call from outback Wandalla changes everything.
'At first, Nina's inheritance of a waterless property and a farmhouse stuffed with junk seems more like a burden than a gift. But this was her father's childhood home – and possibly her last chance to discover the truth.
'So what is the local solicitor, Harrison Grey, not telling her as he hands over the keys? Why does the area's wealthiest resident, Hilary Flint, seem to hate her so much? What is the significance of the gold locket with cryptic engravings that Nina always wears?
'And why, on top of everything, is she inexplicably drawn to her soon-to-be-married neighbour, Heath Blackett?' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Alice Campion and Collaborative Writing
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching , December vol. 4 no. 2 2015; (p. 50-55) -
Stranger Than Fiction
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 March 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of The Painted Sky 2015 single work novel 'The ambitious dream of five book club friends to write a romance novel became a reality, taking them to the back of Bourke and beyond...' -
A Novel Life
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Life , 15 February 2015; (p. 14-15) The Canberra Times , 15 February 2015; (p. 8) 'It started with vodka and a weekend away in the mountains. It ended with a book deal. Jane Richards tells how five women pulled of an unlikely publishing group.' -
High Five : Book Clubbers Have the Right Stuff
Quintet Write to Russia with Love
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 February 2014; (p. 18) The Sun-Herald , 15 February 2015; (p. 14)
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Stranger Than Fiction
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 March 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of The Painted Sky 2015 single work novel 'The ambitious dream of five book club friends to write a romance novel became a reality, taking them to the back of Bourke and beyond...' -
High Five : Book Clubbers Have the Right Stuff
Quintet Write to Russia with Love
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 February 2014; (p. 18) The Sun-Herald , 15 February 2015; (p. 14) -
A Novel Life
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Life , 15 February 2015; (p. 14-15) The Canberra Times , 15 February 2015; (p. 8) 'It started with vodka and a weekend away in the mountains. It ended with a book deal. Jane Richards tells how five women pulled of an unlikely publishing group.' -
Alice Campion and Collaborative Writing
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching , December vol. 4 no. 2 2015; (p. 50-55)
Awards
- 2016 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel