The Forthright Woman
Mystery and romance collide in this compulsive historical adventure from a bestselling Australian author.
Darry Fraser
- Widow
- Marcella
- Ross
- won't
- let
- anything
- -
- or
- anyone
- -
- stop
- her
- from
- discovering
- the
- truth
- behind
- a
- deadly
- family
- mystery
- ...
- Mystery
- and
- romance
- collide
- in
- this
- compulsive
- historical
- adventure
- from
- a
- bestselling
- Australian
- author.1898,
- South
- AustraliaAt
- the
- gateway
- to
- the
- Flinders
- Ranges
- lies
- Kanyaka
- Station,
- once
- a
- thriving
- sheep
- and
- cattle
- property,
- now
- abandoned
- and
- in
- ruins.
- But
- a
- discovery
- in
- her
- late
- mother's
- papers
- draws
- recently
- widowed
- Marcella
- Ross
- out
- to
- its
- remote
- landscape
- in
- search
- of
- clues
- to
- the
- disappearance
- of
- her
- Uncle
- Luca,
- an
- Italian
- immigrant
- whose
- fate
- seems
- to
- have
- been
- bound
- up
- in
- that
- of
- his
- mysterious
- partner
- -
- also
- long-since
- vanished.
- When
- Marcella
- is
- accosted
- by
- a
- daunting
- stranger,
- she
- discovers
- he
- too
- is
- entangled
- in
- the
- secrets
- of
- the
- past.
- Tragedy
- and
- obsession
- threaten
- Marcella's
- fragile
- independence,
- so
- how
- far
- will
- she
- have
- to
- go
- to
- unlock
- the
- secrets
- of
- Kanyaka
- -
- or
- solve
- the
- puzzle
- of
- her
- own
- future?1955After
- learning
- that
- they
- are
- unlikely
- to
- have
- children,
- Frances
- and
- Joe
- MacDonald
- have
- taken
- the
- unusual
- step
- of
- buying
- a
- caravan
- and
- travelling
- together
- through
- the
- outback.
- They
- stop
- at
- Kanyaka
- Station,
- where
- Fran
- becomes
- mesmerised
- by
- the
- past.
- Family
- lore
- holds
- that
- an
- ancestor
- met
- an
- untimely
- end
- amid
- the
- desolate
- ruins.
- But
- what
- truly
- happened,
- and
- to
- whom,
- at
- the
- isolated
- station?
- As
- fate
- alters
- the
- course
- of
- her
- life,
- Fran's
- footsteps
- echo
- another
- woman's
- from
- so
- long
- ago
- ...As
- the
- mystery
- unravels,
- will
- these
- two
- women
- have
- the
- chance
- to
- take
- control
- of
- their
- own
- destinies?PRAISE:'Fraser's
- excellent
- research
- makes
- the
- reader
- feel
- like
- they
- are
- actually
- back
- in
- 1898
- with
- her
- richly
- detailed
- settings:
- bustling
- train
- stations
- and
- port
- docks,
- flies
- and
- dust...'
- -
- GLAM Adelaide
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