{"product_id":"wake-by-shelley-burr","title":"Wake by Shelley Burr","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE DEBUT CRIME ACWA NED KELLY AWARD 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE ABIA'S MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE DEBUT FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARD 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Politically savvy, cleverly plotted . . . the kind of book that invites the ravenous language of binge reading: compulsive, propulsive, addictive' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It is hard to believe WAKE is a first novel. Plot, pacing and characterisation are so finely judged that it feels more like the work of a past master' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'WAKE is blazing its own trail. A yarn that feels so plausible and terrifying, it stays with you' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Top Ten bestseller, WAKE is a searing debut crime novel where the grief and guilt surrounding an unsolved disappearance still haunt a small farming community . . . and will ultimately lead to a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvelyn simply vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of New South Wales. Once a thriving outback centre, this ghost town now has one sinister claim to fame: the still-unsolved disappearance of Evelyn McCreery nineteen years ago from the bedroom she shared with her twin sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMina McCreery's life has been defined by the intense and ongoing public interest in her sister's case. Now a reclusive adult, Mina lives alone on her family's sunbaked, destocked sheep farm. The million-dollar reward her mother established to solve the disappearance has never been paid out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter Lane Holland, a private investigator who dropped out of the police academy to earn a living cracking cold cases. Lane has his eye on the unclaimed money, but he also has darker motivations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWAKE is a powerful, unsparing story of how trauma ripples outward when people's private tragedies become public property, and how it's never too late for the truth to set things right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Outstanding . . . This is both a well-plotted, gripping mystery and a sensitive exploration of the aftermath of trauma' THE GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the year's best debuts. Intriguing and compelling. Shelley Burr is a bright new talent in Australian crime fiction' CHRIS HAMMER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'My crime novel of the year . . . Intense and evocative, it tears at the heart-strings' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'We devoured this stunningly drawn, deeply compelling mystery in one day' CRIME MONTHLY (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44115084148810,"sku":"3485bh","price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/3485bh_a30b2f72-b566-43ca-b789-5e9063cb890d.jpg?v=1787826994","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/wake-by-shelley-burr","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}