A Certain Malice

Glenroyd Ladies College has a reputation to protect - and a charred corpse in the grounds. A grisly murder is the last thing Senior Sergeant Cam Fraser needs. He's just returned to the sleepy Australian town of his youth to get over the death of his wife and son in a house blaze. Having to investigate a burnt body brings back all the ghosts and forces him to confront the layers of secrecy and lies in the Outback community he once felt part of.  Cam is close to discovering the truth when fire rips through the evidence – and he's already in more danger than he could ever imagine...

Review'A CERTAIN MALICE is an admirable book. Felicity Young has carefully constructed her characters, producing a very believable cast. She has a gift for description which brings alive both the country landscape and the horrors of fire.' Reviewing the Evidence.

About the AuthorFrom an early age, Felicity wanted to write. But it wasn't until the pet kangaroo ate her sheep pedigree notes - the final nail in the coffin of her unsuccessful ram breeding business - that she decided to do something about it. Creme de la Crime published Felicity's first crime novel, A Certain Malice, in the UK in 2005. Since then she has written three novels in the Stevie Hooper series for Australian publisher Fremantle Press: An Easeful Death (2007) Harum Scarum (2008) and Take Out (2010). Felicity's three adult children have fled, but her husband Mick has remained with her on the family farm. When not hunched over their laptops or looking after the menagerie, they are fighting fires with their local volunteer bush fire brigade.