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y separately published work icon Leopard Dreaming single work   novel   fantasy   mystery  
Is part of Mira Chambers Trilogy Anita Bell , 2010 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Leopard Dreaming
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'Mira Chambers has an infallible talent for solving mysteries ... but using it always gets her into worse trouble.

'Having spent half her life in asylums, Mira discovers a sense of self-worth, finally, in helping victims of crime. When the matron who helped Mira to regain her independence is abducted, she attempts to save her with the help of ex-army lieutenant, Adam Lockman. But Freddie Leopard, a dangerous sociopath, tries to destroy Lockman′s reputation... and Mira.

'Cut off and alone for the first time in her life, Mira is swept into a world of conspiracies and betrayals, where her dream of achieving a normal life is constantly thwarted by the far darker desires of her enemies.

'Layers of secrets unravel as her world falls apart - until the ultimate sacrifice presents a chance to save her friend and revisit her lost love in the "echoes of yesterday."' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication:
    For my sons
    whom I shall haunt forever with love
    from the shadows of yester-years

    For David Meshow
    whose music inspires me

    And with special thanks to Australia Zoo
    for frisking all their kangaroos
    to answer bizarre questions about Mira's joey.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Magical blindness - can see the past but not present.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

    Note: This work uses disability as a metaphorical note or literary device. A blind character can see images of the past, but is hence disadvantaged once objects move in the present.  

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Voyager , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of HarperCollins Australia.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 October 2012.
      ISBN: 9780732291389 (pbk.), 9780730497790 (ebk.)

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Works about this Work

[Review] Leopard Dreaming Stefen Brazulaitis , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 21)

— Review of Leopard Dreaming Anita Bell , 2012 single work novel
[Review] Leopard Dreaming Stefen Brazulaitis , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 21)

— Review of Leopard Dreaming Anita Bell , 2012 single work novel
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