Shadows of Winter Robins

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a masterful mystery that keeps you guessing. The Guardian

Wolhuter combines an entrancing and often startling plotwhich interlaces multiple storylineswith memorable imagery and rhythmic prose, and her deft hand at drawing complex characters makes Shadows of Winter Robins a gripping and highly recommended read for fans of Liane Moriarty and Holly Ringland. Books + Publishing

Sometimes you must shine a light on the dark places to see what was always there.

Nancy wont be coming home.

And there it is: that pip of a moment. That instant. That fraction of a second. That weightless stillness at the very top of a balls bounce, between its going up and falling down.

My brother and I held hands, suspended somewhere in between the life wed led as Nancys children, and the one we were destined to live thereafter.

Winter Robins is a happy enough child, growing up in the north of England, with parents who love her and the constant companion of a twin brother, but a cold wind blows through when her mother dies. Her father turns to the bottle, her grandmother struggles to cope, and she and her brother are sent to live in Western Australia with family their mother had never mentioned.

Although Winter quickly settles in Australia and comes to love her life and the people in it, she notices strange happenings in the shadows of hernew home. When a news story prompts her to look back at her past, she begins to wonder whether things were really as idyllic as she remembers them.

As she uncovers secret after secret, she realises a much darker narrative may have been and perhaps still is playing out ...

PRAISE FOR AN AFTERLIFE FOR ROSEMARY LAMB:

An incredible debut full of rich characters and a plot that will keep you guessing. Louise Wolhuter is a writer to watch. J.P. Pomare, author ofIn The ClearingandThe Wrong Woman

A deeply evocative, hauntingly nostalgic and profoundly unsettling mystery. Sulari Gentill, author ofThe Woman in The Library

Wolhuters distinctive voice and her beautiful prose had me immersed and lingering on every page. Shankari Chandran, author ofChai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Wolhuters prose burns through the pages in this entertaining and sometimes dark combination of mystery and literary fictionThe Australian

It's a finely wrought mystery notable for unusual depth of character a slow burn with unexpected twists.Sydney Morning Herald

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cinematic and engrossing from the get-go, spiked with suspense and twists aplenty. Wolhuter is clearly a writer in command of her craft, and one to watch in the future. * Books + Publishing *

Author Bio

Louise Wolhuter grew up in northern England, moved to Queensland, before settling in Perth to raise a family. She currently works as an Education Assistant in a primary school, which leaves her early mornings, weekends and school holidays to write. Her debut novel,An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb, was published in Australia and the UK.