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The Liars
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
,
2022
24692348
2022
single work
novel
thriller
.What if your search for the truth puts your family at risk? The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery in the national park. She believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines. Her parents, Meri and Rollo, aren't so sure. In 1998, their classmate went missing after a party in the Killing Cave. They're horrified to discover the destructive teenage parties are still happening, and Siena was there last weekend. While Meri is trying to keep her daughter out of trouble, she doesn't realise her son, Taj, has his own problems. And none of them foresees the danger that Siena's actions will create for the whole family. As more secrets are exposed, the police investigate whether multiple murders have been committed. If so, by whom? And is the killer still living in Kinton Bay? The Liars is a heart-stopping cocktail of family secrets, sinister unsolved killings and a community at war with itself. A wife burning with resentment. A husband hiding the past. Their teenage daughter crusading for the truth. Who can we trust?.
(Publication summary)
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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The Good Teacher
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
,
2020
19670108
2020
single work
novel
thriller
From the bestselling author of Six Minutes, comes a fast-paced, heart-stopping thriller full of gripping tension, twists and turns.
'A good teacher can change lives…
'Every evening, Allison watches her husband's new house, desperate to find some answers. Every morning, she puts on a brave face to teach kindergarten. She's a good teacher, everyone says so - this stalking is just a tiny crack in her usual self-control.
'A late enrolment into her class brings little Gracie - sick and grieving. Allison takes the girl and her father, Luke, under her wing. She smothers Gracie with the love she can't give her own son. As others question her judgement and the police arrive at her door, Allison starts to wonder if she can trust herself.
'When Gracie has a chance to go to America for treatment, Allison leads the school in a fundraising drive. But has she crossed a line?
'How far will the good teacher go to save a life? And whose life will that be?
'An intriguing tale of our times about kindness and betrayal, and the danger of good deeds.' (Publication summary)
- 2021 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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Six Minutes
Crows Nest
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Allen and Unwin
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2019
15985233
2019
single work
novel
'Lexie and her husband, Marty, have moved to Merrigang, a small village on the edge of Canberra, with their three-year-old daughter, Bella, to create a new life after a horrific 'trial by media' in Sydney. While the relationship between husband and wife is still strained, they have each made tentative friends and are beginning to feel safe in their new home, living under a new surname.
'One Thursday morning, Lexie and Bella are at Merrigang playgroup, a haven of safety for Lexie. Lexie leaves Bella in the care of five playgroup mums while she walks to the nearby shop for biscuits. Six minutes later, Bella is gone. As appeals are made for her safe return, hate messages appear on a website targeting Lexie and Marty, with social media trolls in full force. Police start to dig up the past and as members of Lexie and Marty's newly created group of friends implode with doubt, suspicion lands on Lexie and Marty themselves. Where is Bella and who is determined to destroy Lexie and Marty's lives?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2020 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
- 2020 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2020 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2020 longlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
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