Greater Dandenong Libraries is participating in Together We Read, a Digital Book Club from OverDrive for libraries in Australia and New Zealand.
The book club title is Scrublands by Chris Hammer, a compulsive thriller set in a remote Australian outback town - winner of the 2019 CWA Dagger New Blood Award for Best First Crime Novel.
'In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated young priest calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners before being shot dead himself.
A year later, troubled journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals about the priest and incidents leading up to the shooting don't fit with the accepted version of events his own newspaper reported in an award-winning investigation. Martin can't ignore his doubts, nor the urgings of some locals to unearth the real reason behind the priest's deadly rampage'.
From 1-15 September, there will be no waitlists and no holds for this selected eBook and audiobook, so you can start reading straight away. Discussion questions are available and you can share your thoughts on the book in an online forum with readers around Australia and New Zealand. The discussion forum will be available until September 22.
Click here to download the eBook or audiobook of Scrublands from OverDrive.
Access the Together We Read discussion questions and join the online chat.
Scrublands is part of our Always Available collection of eBooks and audiobooks, available to read anytime with OverDrive and the Libby app.
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