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In Conversation with Margaret Hickey

August 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

$10

The Creeper

by Margaret Hickey.

The chilling new mystery novel from the award-winning author of bestsellers Cutters EndStone Town and Broken Bay.

Victim … or killer?

For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high country has been haunted by the horrific murders of five hikers up on Jagged Ridge.

Also found dead near the scene was Bill ‘Creeper’ Durant, a bushland loner, expert deer-hunter, and a man with a known reputation for stalking campers . . .

Conclusion: murder-suicide. Case closed.

But as the ten-year anniversary of the massacre draws near, Detective Constable Sally White – the only officer at Edenville’s modest police station – finds herself drawn into the dark world of the notorious Durant family.

Lex Durant, in particular, has started to publicly protest his brother’s innocence and accuse the police of persecution.

As Sally combs the investigation to prove him wrong, it becomes all too clear that each murdered hiker had skeletons in their closet – and possible enemies in their past . . .

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The Creeper | Margaret Hickey

About the Author

Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities.

She is the author of Cutters End, Stone Town and Broken Bay.  Her new novel, The Creeper, was released in June 2024.

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Margaret Hickey, Author | Photo: Charlotte Guest

Margaret will be In-Conversation with

Author Gabriel Bergmoser

Gabriel is a Melbourne based author and playwright. He has written 3 books, The Hunted, published in July 2020 and the second, The Inheritance, following in July 2021. He released The Caretaker last year and was in-conversation at the BMI on 16 November.

 

Gabriel Bergmoser

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This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.

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