'Australian author, Belinda Castles has written four books. Her first novel was Falling Woman (2000); the second, The River Baptists (2007) was the winner of the Australian Vogel Literary Award (2006) while her third novel is Hannah & Emil (2012). In 2018, she released her fourth book, Bluebottle. The title can be interpreted as denoting the setting at Bilgola Beach, relationships of character, and the sting of the plot.' (Introduction)