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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense
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- Paperback May 31, 2023 | 9780733649448 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback May 31, 2023 | 9780733649448 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback May 31, 2023 | 9780733649448 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Apr 27, 2022 | 9780733647826 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 27, 2022 | 9780733647833 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback May 31, 2023 | 9780733649448 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Apr 27, 2022 | 9780733647826 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 27, 2022 | 9780733647833 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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WINNER OF THE DEBUT CRIME ACWA NED KELLY AWARD 2023
WINNER OF THE ABIA MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DEBUT FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARD 2023
'Politically savvy, cleverly plotted . . . the kind of book that invites the ravenous language of binge reading: compulsive, propulsive, addictive' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'It is hard to believe WAKE is a first novel. Plot, pacing and characterisation are so finely judged that it feels more like the work of a past master' THE TIMES
'WAKE is blazing its own trail. A yarn that feels so plausible and terrifying, it stays with you' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
A Top Ten bestseller, WAKE is a searing debut crime novel where the grief and guilt surrounding an unsolved disappearance still haunt a small farming community . . . and will ultimately lead to a reckoning.
Evelyn simply vanished.
The small town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of New South Wales. Once a thriving outback centre, this ghost town now has one sinister claim to fame: the still-unsolved disappearance of Evelyn McCreery nineteen years ago from the bedroom she shared with her twin sister.
Mina McCreery's life has been defined by the intense and ongoing public interest in her sister's case. Now a reclusive adult, Mina lives alone on her family's sunbaked, destocked sheep farm. The million-dollar reward her mother established to solve the disappearance has never been paid out.
Enter Lane Holland, a private investigator who dropped out of the police academy to earn a living cracking cold cases. Lane has his eye on the unclaimed money, but he also has darker motivations.
WAKE is a powerful, unsparing story of how trauma ripples outward when people's private tragedies become public property, and how it's never too late for the truth to set things right.
'Outstanding . . . This is both a well-plotted, gripping mystery and a sensitive exploration of the aftermath of trauma' THE GUARDIAN
'One of the year's best debuts. Intriguing and compelling. Shelley Burr is a bright new talent in Australian crime fiction' CHRIS HAMMER
'My crime novel of the year . . . Intense and evocative, it tears at the heart-strings' DAILY MAIL
'We devoured this stunningly drawn, deeply compelling mystery in one day' CRIME MONTHLY (UK)
'WAKE is a stun
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Shelley Burr
Shelley Burr is the winner of the CWA Debut Dagger award with Wake, an alumni of the ACT Writer's Centre Hardcopy program (2018) and a Varuna fellow. When not writing she works at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. She lives in Canberra, but grew up splitting her time between Newcastle and Glenrowan, where her father's family are all sheep farmers. WAKE is Shelley's first novel.
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