Left Behind

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An Aussie crime fiction star in the making Candice Fox

Two couples Annabelle and Luke, Des and Julianni embark on a camping trip to Kgari, a picturesque island off Queenslands coast. Things have been tough lately, but this holiday is just what they need white sands, clear waters, a chance to decompress and reconnect.

But there is an unnerving electricity in the air and Annabelle starts noticing strange occurrences. First, the man digging off a dark beach track in the middle of the night. The moaning in the amenities block: a couple getting their kicks or something more sinister Then two campers mysteriously disappear, their belongings found abandoned near the beach.

When an old friend of Lukes arrives, Annabelles suspicions reach fever pitch. And with a deadly storm approaching, danger lurks at every turn.

The island, an endlessly shifting landmass of sand, changing and changing again, will survive as it always has. But will they

Hailed as a new Liane Moriarty ... Kropkowski deepens the definition of crime fiction.Brisbane Times

Author Bio

Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher who lives and works in Brisbane/Meanjin. Her research centres on the way that fiction gives voice to women and contemporary social issues through its narrativising of crime. When shes not writing, Martine can be found reading, walking her lovable but tyrannous dachshund, or racing her immediate family in extremely serious rounds of Mario Kart.

Martines first novel, Everywhere We Look, was published by Ultimo Press.