The Last Truehart
Thrilling historical detective adventure fiction from a bestselling Australian author.
Darry Fraser
- A
- woman
- alone
- and
- a
- charismatic
- private
- detective
- are
- caught
- up
- in
- a
- dangerous
- quest
- to
- discover
- her
- true
- identity
- in
- this
- thrilling
- historical
- adventure
- romance
- set
- in
- 19th
- century
- Victoria,
- from
- a
- bestselling
- Australian
- author.1898,
- Geelong,
- Victoria.
- Stella
- Truehart
- is
- all
- alone
- in
- the
- world.
- Her
- good-for-nothing
- husband
- has
- died
- violently
- at
- the
- hands
- of
- an
- unknown
- assailant.
- Her
- mother
- is
- dead,
- her
- father
- deserted
- them
- before
- she
- was
- born,
- and
- now
- her
- kindly
- Truehart
- grandparents
- are
- also
- in
- their
- graves.Private
- detective
- Bendigo
- Barrett
- has
- been
- tasked
- with
- finding
- Stella.
- He
- believes
- his
- client's
- intentions
- are
- good,
- but
- it
- is
- evident
- that
- someone
- with
- darker
- motives
- is
- also
- seeking
- her.
- For
- her
- own
- part
- Stella
- is
- fiercely
- independent,
- but
- as
- danger
- mounts
- she
- agrees
- to
- work
- with
- Bendigo
- and
- before
- long
- they
- travel
- together
- to
- Sydney
- to
- meet
- his
- mysterious
- client
- where
- they
- discover
- more
- questions
- than
- answers.What
- role
- do
- a
- stolen
- precious
- jewel
- and
- a
- long-ago
- US
- Civil
- War
- ship
- play
- in
- Stella's
- story?
- Will
- sudden
- bloodshed
- prevent
- the
- resolution
- of
- the
- mystery
- and
- stand
- in
- the
- way
- of
- her
- feelings
- for
- Bendigo?
- It
- is
- time,
- at
- last,
- for
- the
- truth
- to
- be
- revealed
- ...PRAISE
- FOR
- DARRY
- FRASER'A
- fabulous
- storyteller
- who
- underlies
- this
- compelling
- plot
- with
- strong
- female
- characters
- who
- challenge
- the
- status
- quo...Fast
- paced
- historical
- fiction,
- first-hand
- experience
- of
- the
- South
- Australian
- landscape,
- and
- the
- added
- bonus
- of
- a
- plot
- line
- that
- has
- been
- drawn
- from
- Darry
- Fraser's
- very
- own
- family
- history
- make
- this
- an
- authentic,
- seamless
- and
- riveting
- tale.'
- Better
- Reading'A
- story
- of
- personal
- integrity,
- courage,
- stamina,
- companionship
- and
- responsibility,
- The
- Good
- Woman
- of
- Renmark
- is
- a
- powerful
- ode
- to
- life
- in
- former
- times,
- as
- our
- nation
- was
- beginning
- to
- take
- shape.'
- Mrs
- B's
- Book
- Reviews'Outstanding
- prose
- that
- flows
- and
- ripples
- through
- every
- page.'-
- Starts
- at 60
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