Rosemary's Newsletter
Authors of the Month
Victoria Purman
Victoria is an Australian top ten and USA Today best-selling fiction author, who lives in Adelaide. Her latest book The Marriage Trap is out now.
Victoria is a regular guest at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter across Australia.
Amanda Hampson
Amanda is a Melbourne based author with a career spanning over 30 years.
Her writing career began in New Zealand where she spent her early twenties travelling before settling in Australia. She has written professionally for over twenty years.
Both Victoria & Amanda will be in conversation at the BMI this month. Find out more below.
Book of the Month
The Dark Heart
Neil Lancaster
When renowned author Dr Daniel Solomon is killed in a devastating explosion in York, authorities quickly attribute the attack to Islamic extremists. But as the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems.
DS Max Craigie uncovers a chilling connection between a series of brutal murders, each victim linked by a secret that someone is determined to protect.
With the number of victims growing and an elusive figure known as The Cashier operating in the shadows, Max must navigate a web of corruption and hatred. Can he unravel the truth before more lives are lost?
A Deadly Bombing – A Dark Conspiracy – A Dangerous Game.
Recommeded Reads
The Family Friend
Claire Douglas
When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake.
She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer that changed her life for ever. Now, with partner Josh in tow, it’s a chance for a fresh start. But after discovering an old box with her name on it in Dorothea’s abandoned study, Imogen starts to believe the woman was trying to send her a secret message.
And when rumours begin to swirl that Dorothea was murdered, she starts to suspect that this gift might not be the lifeline she thought it was…
Secrets Between Friends
Sheila O'Flanagan
Ailie, Sybil and Rua can take care of themselves. But when they form an unexpected friendship, they discover new perspectives on old problems. Ailie is recently widowed, and struggling. At least she can cut ties with her toxic Italian in-laws. Except her teenage daughter is joining them in Trieste. Should Ailie follow, and confront the family who can’t forgive her?
Sybil has learned to be happy alone. But her younger sister, Tansy thinks Sybil needs to find a man before it’s too late. And she has the perfect candidate. Can Sybil cope with Tansy interfering again?
Twice Rua has faced the worst, and twice she’s started over. All that matters now is protecting her daughter. Yet she’s kept the full story from her. It is time to trust Bronte with the truth?
The Secret Society of Librarians
Kate Thompson
London 1939 – When war breaks out on librarian Joyce Kindred’s doorstep and a call for help rings out across the libraries of London, Joyce sets up a mobile library scheme, but soon her acts of resistance go beyond sharing books. She shelters a young Jewish refugee, Adela- and it’s not long before she discovers Adela has a secret that could turn their world upside down.
Occupied Poland, 1942 – Dorotha knows any chance of her escaping the barbed wire fences and cruelty of the Lodz ghetto dwindles by the day. Reading isn’t just an act of defiance: it’s the only thing left in her life over which she has any control. And so she shares books under the cover of
darkness, creating a secret library away from her captors- that is, until even that last ray of hope is taken from her…
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