This is a work of fiction. Characters, institutions and organisations mentioned in this novel are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously without any intent to describe actual conduct.

First published 2019 in Macmillan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

1 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000

Copyright © Lady Byron Pty Ltd 2019

The moral right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted.

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EPUB format: 9781760787912

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Image in Prologue by Albert Falzon, courtesy of photographer.

Images in Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and Epilogue from Shutterstock.

Image in Chapter 3 courtesy of author.

Image in Chapter 5 by George Muskens, courtesy of photographer.

Wayang puppet dinkus: Berkah Icon/Shutterstock.

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