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Join The Nancy's author R.W.R. McDonald for the launch of the much-anticipated new novel by Michael Burge. Readers who can’t get enough authentic rural noir will delight in Dirt Trap, the sequel to the pioneering storytelling cycle Burge started with his acclaimed debut, Tank Water.  

Journalist James Brandt lives in a brittle truce with his partner and family, never talking about the homophobic attacks he exposed in his rural hometown, including the brutal death of a beloved cousin 20 years ago. But this illusion of peace is ripped apart by the start of the state’s historical gay-hate-crime inquiry, and the reappearance of the Joneses, who waltz back into Kippen professing to be queer allies. Yet when one of that notorious dynasty is found dead at a local water tower, it is James who stands accused. 

Don’t miss two of Australia's keenest crime fiction commentators for this session of queer reckonings.

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