In Conversation with Christian White & Josh Pomare
Humffray Room
The Long Night
Christian White
From the author of The Ledge
A mother will do anything to save her daughter…
Em has lived a quiet life with her complicated mother and is now looking for love and a potential escape from her small hometown. When a masked man kidnaps her in the dark of night, though, she is drawn into a terrifying world.
Twenty years ago, a terrible thing happened in Jodie Gibbs’ life. She has been trying to forget that time ever since, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is dragged back into the violence.
As Em and Jodie race into the darkness of the night, the agony of the past rushes up to meet them. It will take all their devotion and courage to escape this night alive.
Bold, vivid and heart-racingly intense, The Long Night is the darkest and most exhilarating novel yet from bestselling author Christian White.
The Gambler
J. P. Pomare
A Vince Reid thriller
From the author or 17 Years Later
PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money, he’s told. A sure thing.
But as Reid delves further into the case, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life?
PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years
‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN
‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL
‘Shocking, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE
‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN
‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM
‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN
About the authors
This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard
$11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst, also includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events.
Book on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042
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.
