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When Quentin Hale, the ambitious new head of one of Australia's oldest publishing houses, throws a glittering season‑opening event, he unwittingly sets a lethal plot in motion. Amid parties, interviews, and book signings, the celebration turns deadly when a famed author dies after a fatal drink and another goes missing. Kate Delaney, an editor at the firm, and her close friend Birdie must navigate a web of secrets among the top writers—Gardener, Biographer, Children's Author, and the shadowy number‑one novelist—to expose the murderer before the next victim falls victim to the same fate.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Jennifer Rowe
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