WAKE: Completely gripping and page-turning Australian crime fiction with a killer twist
May 2022 · Hachette UK
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'Outstanding Aussie Noir... A wonderfully atmospheric crime novel with a great sense of location, the sweltering and inescapable heat, the dense scrubland, the isolation and its dangers... If you are a fan of Aussie Outback Crime, then this is a must read... Brilliant' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Everybody thinks they know Mina McCreery. Everyone has a theory on what happened to her sister. Now it's time to find out the truth...
Mina McCreery's sister Evelyn disappeared nineteen years ago. Her life has been defined by the intense public interest in the case. Now an anxious and reclusive adult, she lives alone on her family's sheep farm.
When Lane, a private investigator, approaches her with an offer to reinvestigate the case, she rejects him. The attention has had nothing but negative consequences for her and her family, and never brought them closer to an answer.
Lane wins her trust when his unconventional methods show promise, but he has his own motivations for wanting to solve the case, and his obsession with the answer will ultimately risk both their lives...
Superbly written, taut and compassionate, Wake looks at what can happen when people's private tragedies become public property, and the ripples of trauma that follow violent crimes. Wake won the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award in 2019.
Readers are gripped by Wake:
'Compelling Aussie crime fiction... This haunting and suspenseful mystery will keep you gripped to your seat and turning the pages!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I love an outback Australia setting... You really get the isolation feeling of the farm an hour from the nearest town. WOW! Must read!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I devoured Wake... drips with atmosphere and strangely interconnected relationships, the remote locations... Impossible to put down' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Atmospheric and hugely compelling mystery set in rural Australia. The characters are fascinatingly damaged and the story is packed with vivid and unique Australian details... I flew through it in two days. Perfect for fans of Jane Harper!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'OMG... It is soooo good! I loved this book. I honestly did not expect many of the twists and turns and was kept on the tip of my toes for much of the book... This gave me The Dry by Jane Harper vibes' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I finished it in a day... Two wonderful primary characters, interesting secondary characters, hidden secrets, a cold case that needs to be solved, and an awesome description of the soul-destroying outback of rural Australia' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Compelling Aussie crime noir fiction... Right up there with Harper and Hammer!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Everybody thinks they know Mina McCreery. Everyone has a theory on what happened to her sister. Now it's time to find out the truth...
Mina McCreery's sister Evelyn disappeared nineteen years ago. Her life has been defined by the intense public interest in the case. Now an anxious and reclusive adult, she lives alone on her family's sheep farm.
When Lane, a private investigator, approaches her with an offer to reinvestigate the case, she rejects him. The attention has had nothing but negative consequences for her and her family, and never brought them closer to an answer.
Lane wins her trust when his unconventional methods show promise, but he has his own motivations for wanting to solve the case, and his obsession with the answer will ultimately risk both their lives...
Superbly written, taut and compassionate, Wake looks at what can happen when people's private tragedies become public property, and the ripples of trauma that follow violent crimes. Wake won the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award in 2019.
Readers are gripped by Wake:
'Compelling Aussie crime fiction... This haunting and suspenseful mystery will keep you gripped to your seat and turning the pages!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I love an outback Australia setting... You really get the isolation feeling of the farm an hour from the nearest town. WOW! Must read!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I devoured Wake... drips with atmosphere and strangely interconnected relationships, the remote locations... Impossible to put down' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Atmospheric and hugely compelling mystery set in rural Australia. The characters are fascinatingly damaged and the story is packed with vivid and unique Australian details... I flew through it in two days. Perfect for fans of Jane Harper!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'OMG... It is soooo good! I loved this book. I honestly did not expect many of the twists and turns and was kept on the tip of my toes for much of the book... This gave me The Dry by Jane Harper vibes' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I finished it in a day... Two wonderful primary characters, interesting secondary characters, hidden secrets, a cold case that needs to be solved, and an awesome description of the soul-destroying outback of rural Australia' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Compelling Aussie crime noir fiction... Right up there with Harper and Hammer!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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About the author
Shelley Burr is the winner of the CWA Debut Dagger award with Wake, an alumni of the ACT Writer's Centre Hardcopy program (2018) and a Varuna fellow. When not writing she works at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. She lives in Canberra, but grew up splitting her time between Newcastle and Glenrowan, where her father's family are all sheep farmers. WAKE is Shelley's first novel.
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