A Little Bird, Wendy James
A Little Bird, Wendy James
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A Little Bird

Author: Wendy James

Narrator: Tamala Shelton, Sandy Greenwood

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/30/2021

Synopsis

A homecoming snares a young woman in a dangerous tangle of lies, secrets, and bad blood in this gripping novel by the bestselling author of An Accusation.Running from a bad relationship, journalist Jo Sharpe heads home to Arthurville, the drought-stricken town she turned her back on years earlier. While some things have changed—her relationship with her ailing, crotchety father, her new job at the community newspaper—Jo finds that her return has rekindled the grief and uncertainty she experienced during her childhood following the inexplicable disappearance of her mother and baby sister.Returning to Arthurville has its unexpected pleasures, though, as Jo happily reconnects with old friends and makes a few new ones. But she can’t let go of her search for answers to that long-ago mystery. And as she keeps investigating, the splash she’s making begins to ripple outward—far beyond the disappearance of her mother and sister.Jo is determined to dig as deep as it takes to get answers. But it’s not long before she realises that someone among the familiar faces doesn’t want her picking through the debris of the past. And they’ll go to any lengths to silence the little bird before she sings the truth.

About Wendy James

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on August 04, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Pat on November 20, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Rosh ~on extended semihiatus~ on November 23, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 28, 2021

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

Quotes

“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

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