Scarlet Rider

"I really, really enjoyed the book. It was an absolute page-turner,
rising tension, as well as a lovely mystery yarn."
- Karen Joy Fowler
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Winner of the 1997 Ditmar Award for Best Novel
Shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award
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A mystery within a mystery.
Unemployed university graduate Mel Kirksley is hired to discover the author of an anonymous crime novel from the 1860s. What she finds is nothing less than a true-life detective story, a thinly described autobiographical tragedy set against the backdrop of the Gold Rush.
As Mel digs deeper, the line between biographer and subject starts to fade, pulling Mel deeper into a maelstrom where past and present are thrown together.
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"An ingenious well-paced mystery story."
- Brenda Niall, The Age