# Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Tell Me Something True by Michael Robotham

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*Tell Me Something True*

Michael Robotham

Don’t miss Michael who will be talking about his new book at BMI on 1 October at 6pm

The astonishing, emotional epic from Michael Robotham: a mystery, a coming-of-age tale and a love story wrapped into one, set against the simmering

tensions of a small Australian town.

**Small towns are quick to anger and slow to forgive, but Arlo Hackett doesn’t expect mercy when he emerges from a twelve-year prison sentence and makes his way back to Yulara, a waypoint on Australia’s Great Southern Road. The last time Arlo was home, his brother Luke was charged with a terrible crime and Arlo was found guilty by association. His return to the goldrush town is like cracking open a time capsule full of hatred and violence, along with memories of the people he loved – the ones he couldn’t save.**

Yulara wants Arlo gone, or worse, but every insult and humiliation pushes him to confront what really happened all those years ago.

**The truth will shock you, surprise you, and break your heart.**

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*Tell Me Something True | Michael Robotham*

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