What happens when the keynote speaker at an important arts festival is found dead
Welcome to modern Melbourne, UNESCO City of Literature, home to arts festivals galore as
well as the internationally famous Melbourne Cup horse race. But the Imagine Festival, held
in late August, has more surprises in store than the Festival Director planned when he discovers
Deborah Dangerfield's lifeless body upstairs at the Malthouse Theatre.
Join Senior Sergeant Brendan O'Leary, a family man who's struggling to keep up with life's
changes and Ange Micelli, fourth daughter of Italian migrants, who's fit, fiery and ready to go.
Together they make a formidable team in this fast moving thriller that uncovers much more
than just the identity of the murderer.
Through Simpson's spare and gritty prose, threads of political intrigue, society gossip and
secret adoption are woven together, capturing the essence of urban Australia.
You won't be able to put this moving and compelling book down.
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