Kay Bell Kay Bell i(A145881 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Furey's War T. W. Lawless , Kay Bell , Box Hill North : Campanile Publishing , 2021 22779969 2021 single work novel crime

'A decent man in an indecent time ...

'When Jack Furey has his 100th birthday celebrations forced upon him, his mind turns to his experience of WWII as a police sergeant in 1942 in Far North Queensland.

'As Sergeant Furey of the Wangamba Police, he welcomed the arrival of the Americans to set up an Air Force base near the new RAAF base outside town. Despite personal misgivings about the separation of the black soldiers from the whites' camp, Furey gains the agreement of the US colonel to co-operate with local law enforcement.

'But with so many soldiers around, the town changes. A new Americans-only dancehall is only the start of the trouble. Among rumours of prostitution, teen pregnancies and backyard abortions, the bodies start to pile up. When the wife of a returned Australian soldier claims a 'blackfella' murdered him in their home, Furey is determined to uncover the truth - no matter how unwelcome the US brass and local dignitaries find his investigations.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Ella's Secret Family Recipes Kay Bell , Box Hill : Campanile Publishing , 2016 9717432 2016 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Lornesleigh Legacy Kay Bell , Moorooka : Boolarong Press , 2011 Z1847553 2011 single work novel 'Young Will lives with his dysfunctional family on a cattle station in North Queensland. His great-grandfather, John Clark, or Poppy John as the family calls him, is in his nineties, and the patriarch of a vast family empire. Feeling the great weight of his years and aware that the family is splintering, Poppy John decides that the only way forward is through Will. When he suffers an injury, Poppy John takes Will away to recuperate and reveals a secret box containing the things most precious in his life. As he shows Will the contents, he recounts the story associated with each piece.

When John Clark set about telling the story of his life, neither he nor Will could have ever imagined the journey they would both undertake. This is a heart-warming story of courage, life, love and loss set against a backdrop which stretches from Australia's convict past, through the gold rush and boom years, up to the 1930's depression.' (Publisher's website)
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