1898: Bendigo\, Victoria
\nEvie Emer son has worked hard to build a fashionable clientele for her hats. But whe n an ex-paramour employs underhanded tactics after his attempt to coerce a n engagement fails\, Evie's reputation is in tatters. On the heels of havi ng to put a case together to defend herself in court\, Evie's life is thro wn into further turmoil when the disappearance of her sister takes her to Cobram. Roving reporter Fitzmorgan O'Shea has troubles of his own: his inv olvement in uncovering police corruption has placed a target on his back. And while Fitz is hunting a new story in Cobram his problems collide with Evie's when his research exposes malicious intimidation and threats design ed to make local landholders give up their properties.
\nDarry Frase r fell in love with the great Murray River when her family moved to her ch ildhood town of Swan Hill in Victoria. Stories of the river have been with her ever since and it's where a number of her novels are set. Her stories are of ordinary people in nineteenth century Australia who are drawn into difficult circumstances - adventure\, mystery and mayhem\, love and life\ , and against the backdrop of historical events. Darry is now the author o f nine novels\, and currently lives in Adelaide
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