Book Launch: The Cane

Readings Emporium, Woiwurrung Country, Emporium Melbourne, Shop 1-016/287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Please note: This event has had a date and location change.

This event is in partnership with Sisters in Crime.

The Cane by Maryrose Cuskelly is a nail-biting, atmospheric, and unputdownable brilliant new thriller.

Barbara McClymont walks the cane fields searching for Janet, her sixteen-year-old daughter, who has been missing for weeks. The police have no leads. The people of Quala are divided by dread and distrust. But the sugar crush is underway and the cane must be burned.Meanwhile, children dream of a malevolent presence, a schoolteacher yearns to escape, and history keeps returning to remind Quala that the past is always present.As the smoke rises and tensions come to a head, the dark heart of Quala will be revealed, affecting the lives of all those who dwell beyond the cane.

Maryrose Cuskelly will be in conversation with Philomena Horsley.

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The Cane

Maryrose Cuskelly

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