Sandy Curtis Sandy Curtis i(A51958 works by)
Born: Established: Biloela, Biloela area, Biloela - Moura - Baralaba area, Central West Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Born in Biloela in Central Queensland, Curtis has lived in various parts of Queensland as well as spending some of her early childhood in Sydney. Always a voracious reader, Curtis has had a long standing desire to write fiction and at one stage considered becoming a journalist. When this latter avenue proved unviable, Curtis began work as a typist and has spent the bulk of her career providing secretarial and office servies. She resigned from this work in January 2001 in order to write full time.Curtis's stories have appeared in Australian women's magazines and she has also had books published on-line by New Concepts Publishing in the USA.

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y separately published work icon Grievous Harm Bittern : Clan Destine Press , 2014 7770063 2014 single work novel crime thriller

'When a child is in danger, every second counts.

'In Sydney, Australia, The Loving Hand church understands how children can be a commodity more precious than gold.

When Kate Maclaren flies in from Los Angeles, desperate to find her missing niece, she opens a door into this world, and uncovers a network of corruption and cruelty that stretches across the country.

'Agent John Corey, torn by long-buried guilt and harbouring secrets he must not reveal, joins forces with Kate to expose the sinister cult before more children disappear. He will risk everything, even defying orders, to help Kate uncover the truth, and keep her safe.

'But, when their journey into Australia's Outback reveals the psychopath at the centre of the network, it is Kate who discovers she will doing anything for the people she loves.' (Publication summary)

2015 longlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
2014 shortlisted Australian Romance Readers Awards Favourite Romantic Suspense
y separately published work icon Fatal Flaw ( trans. Cecile Lecaux with title Der Sturm der Rache ) Bergisch Gladbach : Bastei Lübbe , 2009 21771603 2009 single work novel crime

'A city in danger. Thousands will die. What would you sacrifice to save them?

'Operative Mark Talbert’s father is murdered, the agency he works for has him hunting terrorists, and the only connection is the father of Julie Evans, the woman he loves.

'Julie’s father has placed her in the hands of a terrorist determined to unleash horror on an unprepared city. She needs someone she can depend on, but can she trust the man she loves?

'People are dying; people who seem to have nothing in common, until Mark discovers his father’s involvement in a decades-old crime. A killer is taking a calculated revenge that threatens Mark, Julie, and Julie’s son.

'Meanwhile the terrorists are making their final move, in Sandy Curtis' Fatal Flaw.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2012 shortlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
y separately published work icon Dangerous Deception Sydney : Macmillan (Pan Macmillan Australia) , 2005 Z1188274 2005 single work novel thriller

'Some secrets are worth dying to protect ... Professor John Raymond lies paralysed and unable to speak. His colleague, brilliant young medical researcher Breeanna Montgomery, is attacked by a shotgun-wielding stranger. Before the night is over, the man is killed, and Breeanna is fleeing from someone even more ruthless ... and deadly. Have those secrets already cost a life? Rogan McKay's search for his missing brother forces him into a dangerous act of deception as the trail leads him to Breanna. When he confronts her, a shocking chain of events reveals her family's dark secrets. One man's dream is another's nightmare ... Nothing Rogan discovers about this woman will be as astounding as the truth behind the experiment Professor Raymond was trying to hide ... In Dangerous Deception, survival depends on accepting who you are meant to be.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Clan Destine Press).

2005 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best Novel
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