Allen & Unwin is generously donating 20 copies of Lyrebird by Jane Caro, Sydney “Walkley award-winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, feminist, public education activist, and social commentator”.
Jane has published thirteen books, including the bestselling novel The Mother. Lyrebird is her second novel for adults.
Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, so if they mimic a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, they have witnessed a crime. But how does a young, hungover PHD student and a wet-behind-the-ears new detective, convince anyone that a native bird can be a reliable witness to a murder, especially when there is no body and no missing person?And what happens when they turn out to be right, even if it is twenty years later…?
Sue Turnbull, Sisters in Crime’s ambassador, asked in her Nine Newspapers review, “Is this the most Australian crime thriller?”
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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 Lyrebird.
For the April Crime Stack, Simon & Schuster will be sending copies of Barren Cape by Michelle Prak to Frances Davies (ACT); Leanne Bowie (NSW); Sulari Gentill (NSW); Siobhan Mullany (NSW); Joan Sauers (NSW); Dianah Chorlton (QLD); Kylie Kaden (QLD); Janet Lee (QLD); Jillian Dearing (TAS); Beverly Goldfarb (TAS); Terri Bateman (VIC); Garry Disher (VIC); Paula Gleeson (VIC); Kari Henriksen (VIC); Victoria Heywood (VIC); Hannah Malewska (VIC); Amra Pajalic (VIC); Paulette Smythe (VIC); Andrea Vollbrecht (VIC); and Dawn Farnham (WA).