AustLit

'A Tittle-Tattle Town is set in the fictitious town of Sandhaven Creek in remote Australia. The residents live a quiet and comfortable lifestyle - that is until a dangerous secret boils to the surface and changes their lives forever.

'The year is 1997. Ilma, a married woman in her thirties, is immediately drawn to a young and handsome newcomer, Rod. Determined to win his attention, she decides to take the biggest risk of all. A passionate and electrifying affair between the two soon begins.

'Suspicion rises among Ilma's friends and her husband, the town's most prominent and respected citizen, soon notices changes in her disposition. Now a master of secrets, Ilma conceives the idea of leaving the district with Rod and starting a new lifetogether. But Rod, a suspicious man with a murky past, has different ideas.' (Publication summary)