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In Melbourne in 1910, Ruby Pearl Hart is born into a family that does not want her. Failing to appreciate her gifts, all they see is the raspberry birthmark on her face.
Cast out, Ruby finds a makeshift family with the colourful misfits populating her aunt’s home, the Mary Street Terrace. Here, he intelligence, creativity and hope are allowed to thrive.
But when tragedy strikes, Ruby’s ambitions for her life seem dashed. It’s not until she is forced to move from Melbourne to Launceston that she comes to understand the battle for women’s freedom is still being waged – and for some, life is much, much worse.
Exiled in this small town, Ruby Pearl Hart must now search for her voice in the clutches of the bohemian ‘Aphorism Club’.
In Tracey’s Lee’s The Aphorism Club, there are forces working against Ruby that will take more than hope to overcome. In an unprecedented shift, Ruby is given a choice – but can she hope to make the right one in a world determined to keep her down?
The Lily O'Hara Series
Lily O'Hara Mystery Book 1
What Remains
Lily O'Hara lives on Lake Road and has ignored the past for as long as possible.
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Her parents and brother were gone before she was a year old and she was raised by her father's siblings, Billie and Darcy. Her father's suicide and the disappearance of her mother and brother were never spoken about. But when the bones of a woman and child were found in the dried lake outside her home, Lily could no longer avoid searching for the truth.
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She brings her skills as a curator to uncover what happened using the artefacts left behind by her dead relatives.
Lily O'Hara Mystery Book 2
Wither
Wither, book two in the Lily O'Hara series, explores the power of the monster hiding in plain sight. A power afforded him by the power of others.
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Lily O'Hara faces the pain of buried pasts. She is no stranger to delving into secrets and is drawn to the unknown story of a young fisherman who takes his life and leave a cryptic message about the truth killing him.
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Max Fraser, best friend of her husband Phillip, received the letter and asks Lily to help him decipher it and come to understand what precipitated the suicide.
Lily O'Hara Mystery Book 3
Welter
Welter is the third book in the Lily O'Hara Mystery series. Lily O'Hara and Mick Flynn unite to explore another local tragedy on the South Coast of NSW.
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On New Year's Day a young woman's body is found on a quiet beach. Her mother is devastated and denies the coroner's finding that her child died from misadventure.
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Despite her personal losses Lily immerses herself in the case. In her search she encounters a complex group of young people who have both loved and loathed the dead girl. Lily is seen as a saviour to some and a danger to others.
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The price of knowledge and the cost of love are always high.