HELLO. I’M BACK.
It’s been a long time. But I’ve never really gone away. Just life got in the way of my plans, as it tends to do. Anyway, I’ve finally finished the book I was talking about last time I posted something. It’s an outback historical mystery with a touch of second time around romance.
Gold Town: A tale of Australia’s real Wild West.
It’s 1895. Marvellous gold finds, far out in the rugged West Australian outback, bring men streaming in from across Australia and the world. Nora Patterson’s husband Ned joins the rush and is one of the lucky ones.
Ned writes to tell Nora the good news, asking her to join him. So, she leaves Melbourne to sail over 3,000 kilometres to Fremantle. It’s over 600 more kilometres to her destination and the train only goes part of the way. After another two days in a crowded stagecoach, she reaches the shanty town of Hannans, now Kalgoorlie. But where is Ned?
Alone and broke, Nora is befriended by Ben Drummond and widowed Mary O’Callaghan. She finds work at the makeshift hospital, but Ned still doesn’t come. And an unseen danger stalks the town. When murder strikes, is Nora in danger? And can Ben save her?
The book is due for release on 2 April 2025. It will be available from Amazon and other online bookstores. The RRP is $29.99, but I will have copies available for sale at a reduced price, plus postage. See my Home Page for more information.
Lynne Cairns 