

A Little Bird
Author: Wendy James
Narrator: Tamala Shelton, Sandy Greenwood
Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 11/30/2021
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Mystery & Detective, Women
Author: Wendy James
Narrator: Tamala Shelton, Sandy Greenwood
Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 11/30/2021
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Mystery & Detective, Women
Wendy James is Australia’s queen of the domestic thriller. She is the author of nine novels, including An Accusation, The Golden Child—short-listed for the 2017 Ned Kelly Award—and the bestselling The Mistake. Her debut novel, Out of the Silence, won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for first crime novel and was short-listed for the Nita May Dobbie Award for women’s writing. Wendy has a PhD from the University of New England, and she works as an editor, teacher, and researcher. She writes some of the sharpest, most topical domestic noir in the country.
Jo Sharpe reluctantly returns home to Arthurville in 2018 to take up a job at the local newspaper The Chronicle. She lives with her curmudgeonly father, always a drinkers but especially so after Jo’s mother Merry (Miranda) and baby sister Amy left them with no warning in July 1994. A letter received......more
It’s been a pleasure discovering many more Australian books and authors this year. So when I saw this book I was keen to read it. Jo Sharpe returns to her (fictional) hometown of Arthurville in the central west of New South Wales after a disastrous relationship breakdown. The book is set in 2 timeli......more
In a Nutshell: A slow-paced, engrossing tale of past secrets and lies revealing themselves to a young woman on her return home. Story: Just out of a bad relationship, Jo Sharpe, a journalist, heads back to her hometown to work with the local community newspaper. Her return comes after many years, as......more
Jo Sharpe is returning to her hometown of Arthurville after escaping a bad relationship. Jo was offered a job at the local newspaper which she accepted, but how would she cope living back with her estranged and cantankerous old father. Arthurville is not only a drought-stricken town, but it’s also w......more
“A solid mystery with interesting characters.” —Booklist“A Little Bird is a true feast for lovers of domestic suspense and atmospheric family dramas. Using multiple narrations, Wendy James propels the story forward as a woman seeks to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her mother and baby sister two decades before. Then she takes us back in time to the unfolding of that mystery. The suspense builds as the secrets unravel, with an ending that is both surprising and deeply satisfying. A compelling, page-turning read!” —Wendy Walker, bestselling author of Don’t Look for Me“Wendy James’s newest novel, A Little Bird, fully immersed me in the modern Australian outback and made me never want to leave. When Jo Sharpe returns home after a tough breakup, she finds herself working at a small-town ‘good news only’ newspaper, covering the ups and downs (but mostly ups) of her hometown. But there is more than good news in Arthurville. As Jo seeks to uncover the reality behind the stories she’s woven over the years about her mother and infant sister’s disappearance, she soon discovers that there is a heart-pounding reason she never knew the truth about her mother’s flight from their family nest. In this beautifully written story of family secrets and the search for the truth, James’s tight prose and brilliant plot twists will have you frantically turning pages till the touching conclusion.” —Emily Bleeker, Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author