Giveaway - ‘Death at Booroomba’ by A L Booth
Giveaway time for our HNSA subscribers.
A L Booth's Death at Booroomba is an engrossing historical murder whodunnit, set on the NSW South Coast post WWI. It tells the story of a traumatised young WW1 veteran who uncovers the dark secrets of a small rural township as he searches for the murderer of his half-Russian benefactor. At the same time, he must come to terms with the legacy of war and all that he has lost in his turbulent years in the trenches.
About ‘Death at Booroomba’
It’s 1915 and Jack O’Rourke has enlisted in the army. Just days before embarkation, he saves a stranger from drowning in Sydney Harbour. The stranger’s name is Samuel Lomond, a pastoralist from Eden on the NSW South Coast. When Jack returns from Europe in 1919, wounded and traumatised, he discovers that Lomond has been brutally murdered, and he has inherited Lomond’s property called Booroomba.
A neighbour coveting water rights, a struggling newspaper proprietor, a vengeful labourer, a secret affair and two Russian émigrés lead Jack right to the heart of a decades-old conspiracy and the truth of what happened to Lomond and why. Death at Booroomba reveals a small town hiding big secrets and explores the destructive aftermath of war on those who served on the front line.
About A L Booth
A L (Alison) Booth is the author of seven novels and has contributed short stories to international collections. An award-winning academic at the Australian National University and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Alison has also published extensively in scientific journals.
Alison's debut novel Stillwater Creek was Highly Commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Award, A Perfect Marriage was Highly Commended in the 2019 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, and The Philosopher’s Daughters was Highly Commended in the 2022 ACT Notables Awards.
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