Echo Publishing is generously donating twenty copies of At Café 64, the second novel by Perth author Shaeden Berry for the Crime Stack over the festive season.
It’s an original plot. Without any warning, Justin Kowalski drives his vehicle across a line of traffic and through the front wall of Cafe 64, killing himself and three other people – and taking the reasons for this shocking act to the grave. Unable to locate any evidence of criminal behaviour or mental illness in Justin’s past, and with no one left to prosecute, the police have no choice but to label it ‘an isolated incident’.
Almost two years later, three women walk into a meeting being held by the ‘Victims of the Cafe 64 Tragedy’ support group. The fallout will rock the foundations of their shaky, precarious lives, forcing them to confront the truths, lies and questions that surround that deadly day at Cafe 64. Can any horrific event truly exist in isolation? How do we cope when the nature of our loss is not so cut and dried? In the aftermath of a tragic event, how do we define a victim – who do we allow to grieve, what are we allowed to grieve, and where do we place blame?
Shaeden’s debut novel, Down the Rabbit Hole, was published by Echo Publishing in 2024.
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 At Café 64.
Fremantle Press will be sending the last month’s winners a copy of The Ghost Walk, a medical thriller by Perth author Karen Herbert: Narelle Adams (NSW); Sara Foster (WA); Sharron Gillett (NSW); Fran Gillis (VIC); Petra Grosz (VIC); Prudence Hassan (VIC); Toni Jordan (VIC); Amanda Knight (NSW); Noeline Kyle (ACT); Kelly Lavington (SA); Rae Luckie (NSW); Lucia Nardo (VIC); Allison Newchurch (VIC); Sandra Nicholson (VIC); Stella Quinn (QLD); Rhonda Small (VIC); Stacy Smith (NSW); Claudine Tinellis (NSW); Beverley Tonkin (SA); and Emily Webb (VIC).