This short story collection focuses on the essence of situations and characters, with insights into the lives of ordinary people- but then, no one is really ordinary, are they?

Comments by readers include, "raw, brave, compassionate, soulful and insightful."

The author Nelma Ward, lives and writes on the Darling Downs in South East Queensland – available from all good bookshops.

ISBN:-1-9211-1858-X

Fiction writer Dave Wellings has created Dean Wesley; a young, ambitious and under-employed freelance journalist. The opportunity to ghost-write the biography of an internationally-known musician could boost the career and satisfy his girl friend's craving for fame. When he suggests the story needs more 'spice' the musician responds by recounting his part in an unsolved murder. Dean now has to decide whether this death on demand is too good to be true- and how should he deter his girlfriend from pursuing a notorious seducer who had a juicier tale to tell. Sorting the lies, deceit and sex scandals is only part of the challenge.

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ISBN: 978-1-921406-10-2

Raised in Africa, Andrew Taylor arrives in Australia to begin a new life. He gets a job in the bush but is unprepared for the harshness of outback Australia. Author Marion de la Croix has written a fine story of a young English migrant meeting the challenges of the bush and it's people as a new jackeroo in south west Queensland.

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