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The Burning

Price:

$5.95

Author:

Tritt, Jackie

Publisher:

Virtual Tales (All Products by Virtual Tales)

Publish Date:

Mar 03, 2007

ISBN:

0-9782157-2-9

Category:

Mystery & Crime

Language:

English

Type:

Downloadable

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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 man�s fist.

Was Peter Halliday just one of many casualties of the bushfires on that day? Foster has grave misgivings. Is it true that Judy Halliday is having an affair? Was Peter in a legal battle with his brother over the family farm? And what about the rumors of a large marijuana crop hidden in the bush lands on the Halliday property � now conveniently incinerated? There�s more here than meets the eye, and Foster only has until the end of the week to prove he has a case...

Author biography:

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. She has completed a second crime novel and is in the early stages of a third.

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