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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Attack
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'Robyn Ayres works as the camp caretaker on Finch Island, a former leper colony off the coast of Queensland. Her current clients are a group of ex-military men who run a tough-love program for troubled teens.

'The latest crop looks like the usual mix of bad boys and sad boys. Then Robyn takes a second look at a kid called Darren. Last time she saw him his name was Aaron, and Robyn was his primary school teacher. And she was somehow at the centre of a vicious small-town custody battle involving his terrifying grandmother.

'Bruising classroom dynamics, manipulative parents and carers and horrendous small-town politics form the backdrop to a nail-biting thriller in which the tensions of ten years ago start to play themselves out, building to a violent climax in the present day.

'Robyn escaped the past once. Now it’s back—and this time there’s no way out.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2021 .
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      Extent: 336p.
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      • Published 31 August 2021

      ISBN: 9781922458117

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Book Review : The Attack, Catherine Jinks, Text Publishing Craig Buchanan , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2021;

— Review of The Attack Catherine Jinks , 2021 single work novel

'A slow-burner that canvasses familial conflict and builds to a violent crescendo.'

Book Review : The Attack, Catherine Jinks, Text Publishing Craig Buchanan , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2021;

— Review of The Attack Catherine Jinks , 2021 single work novel

'A slow-burner that canvasses familial conflict and builds to a violent crescendo.'

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