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Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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Ambulance Girls at War
North Sydney
:
Ebury
,
2019
19464633
2019
single work
novel
crime
war literature
'Young Maisie Halliday has escaped the grinding poverty of the northern town where she was born and now lives in the glittering world of professional dancing.
'At the outbreak of the Second World War, she volunteers as an ambulance driver, finding joy both in helping the wounded during the Blitz and also in her friends among the other drivers in the Bloomsbury Auxiliary Ambulance Depot.
'Maisie is at the Cafe de Paris nightclub when it is bombed. In the chaos, she attempts to help an injured man, and by this charitable act she becomes mixed up in what may well be a murder. A series of incidents, all connected to a handsome, arrogant American, throw Maisie's life into a dangerous spin. Is anything what it seems in wartime? With one serious misjudgement, Maisie risks losing everything she holds dear...' (Publication summary)
- 2020 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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Ambulance Girls under Fire
North Sydney
:
Ebury
,
2018
13925171
2018
single work
novel
war literature
romance
mystery
'Celia Ashton has driven ambulances throughout the Blitz for the Bloomsbury Auxiliary Ambulance Depot. Cool under fire, she revels in her exciting and extremely dangerous job.
'When her husband, a known Nazi supporter, is released from prison, Celia refuses to return to her unhappy marriage. Instead she joins forces with Simon Levy, a man who appears to despise her, to help a young Jewish orphan. In so doing she discovers that one ruthless traitor can be more dangerous than any German bomber, and that love can cross any boundary.' (Publication summary)
- 2019 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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A Time of Secrets
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2015
8437330
2015
single work
novel
historical fiction
'1943 is a dangerous time to fall in love...
'In wartime Melbourne loose lips sink ships, so when Australian Women's Army sergeant Stella Aldridge overhears soldiers whispering about a revenge killing, she follows her instincts to investigate, despite finding herself drawn to one of the soldiers, the enigmatic Staff Sergeant Eric Lund.
'But the world is at war and there is little time for romance. Someone in the Australian Intelligence Bureau is trading secrets and it's up to Stella and her uncompromising superior officer, Lieutenant Nick Ross, to find the traitor.
'When Eric's team is scheduled to be deployed in a dangerous mission to the South West Pacific, Stella races to uncover the truth or risk not only Eric's life, but the security of Australia itself. Torn between protecting the ones she loves and her duty to her country, Stella chooses to pursue the truth at all costs.
'Even if it means putting herself in the firing line..' (Publication summary)
- 2016 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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