For the July Crime Stack, Pan Macmillan Publishing Australia has kindly offered 20 copies of Girl Falling (out July) by award-winning Wollongong writer, Hayley Scrivenor.
Bold, dramatic, and utterly compelling, Girl Falling forces us to confront the stories we tell ourselves about the people we love. Displaying all of Hayley Scrivenor’s razor-sharp skills for character, landscape, and narrative, this is a breathtaking read.
It asks, why would my best friend want to destroy my life? Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up together in the Blue Mountains. Bonded by both having lost a younger sister to suicide, they’ve always had a close – sometimes too close – friendship. Now in their twenties, their lives have finally started to diverge: Daphne is at university and Finn is working in the Mountains, as well as falling in love with a beautiful newcomer called Magdu.
Unused to sharing Finn, Daphne starts to act up in ways that will allow her to maintain the control over her best friend she’s always relished. Then, one fateful day, Finn, Daphne and Magdu all go rock-climbing – and Magdu falls to her death. Is it suicide, or a terrible accident – or something more sinister?
Hayley Scrivenor is a former Director of Wollongong Writers Festival and has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wollongong. Her debut novel, Dirt Town, was a number-one bestseller and won multiple awards, including Sisters in Crime’s 2023 Davitt Award (Best Debut Book) and the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2023. More info here.
The Crime Stack is a benefit for Sisters in Crime members. Every month there are 20 books to win in a random draw of members.
Join now and be in the running for a complimentary paperback copy of Girl Falling.