The Burning
By Jackie Tritt

Price:	$5.95
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Categories:	Mystery & Crime, Suspense & Thrillers, World Literature
ISBN:	0-9782157-2-9
Publisher:	Virtual Tales on Mar 03, 2007
Language:	English

Summary

Senior Constable Alan Foster faces the devastation of his beloved Pelican East as bushfires sweep through the community. Foster and his deputy race to evacuate the schools as the fires approach. They receive a plea for help from Judy Halliday, a teacher who can't get in touch with her husband. Learning that an early fire swept through the Halliday property ahead of the main front, he discovers a badly charred body with contusions on the skull and a tuft of black human hair clutched in the dead manès fist. Continue reading...

About Jackie Tritt

A retired science teacher and career counselor, Jackie Tritt has since become a widely published, award-winning writer. Her novel, The Burning, was published in Australia in 1998. She has written articles for the major newspapers around Australia, and has had many stories and articles published in magazines for children. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies and ezines in Australia and the USA and have been successful in many short story competitions, including one in Canada. She won the prestigious $5,000 Herald Sun/Collins Award in 2005. Find out more »

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