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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Mac and Erika shared a flat until the owner wanted to sell. What should have been an easy find-somewhere-else-to-rent turned into Erika moving back home and Mac becoming functionally homeless. Aware that her other friends can only offer temporary spare beds/couches and only for a limited time, Mac chances across an abandoned resort outside the city. It seems a good solution, and she only needs a small place for a few months until she goes overseas, so Mac decides to squat. But she isn't the only one who knows about Barren Cape, and some of them aren't as harmless as she is...
A fine mix of menace and social awareness (the growing problem of affordable housing) this was a very readable crime novel. Lindy
An abandoned resort seems the perfect place to hide, but is Barren Cape a refuge or a trap?
Praise:
'Edgy, gripping and full of menace' Hannah Richell
‘Taut, terrifying and timely’ B.M. Carroll
‘Prak’s books keep you reading long into the night’ Vikki Petraitis
Michelle Prak is a professional communicator with a thirty-year career in PR, social media, politics and journalism. Her short stories have been shortlisted in several competitions, and she was runner-up in the Furphy Literary Award 2021. Her debut thriller, The Rush, was published in 2023. Michelle lives in Adelaide and teaches communication subjects at the University of South Australia.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Mac and Erika shared a flat until the owner wanted to sell. What should have been an easy find-somewhere-else-to-rent turned into Erika moving back home and Mac becoming functionally homeless. Aware that her other friends can only offer temporary spare beds/couches and only for a limited time, Mac chances across an abandoned resort outside the city. It seems a good solution, and she only needs a small place for a few months until she goes overseas, so Mac decides to squat. But she isn't the only one who knows about Barren Cape, and some of them aren't as harmless as she is...
A fine mix of menace and social awareness (the growing problem of affordable housing) this was a very readable crime novel. Lindy
