Random House Australia has a free book for their followers this month, Ghost Child ($13.20 AU Only), by Caroline Overington. The giveaway is limited to Australian customers only (as is the Kindle edition of this book); you sign up for their newsletter HERE, then follow the link and use the coupon code in the email you receive to get the book from Kobo. Kobo ensures that only Australian customers download the book by checking both your mailing address on file and your IP address.Book Description
In 1982 Victorian police were called to a home on a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne. There, they found a five-year-old boy lying on the carpet. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but the child, Jacob, died the next day.The story made the headlines and hundreds attended the funeral. Few people were surprised when the boy's mother and her boyfriend went to prison for the crime. Police declared themselves satisfied with the result, saying there was no doubt that justice had been done. And yet, for years rumours swept the estate and clung like cobwebs to the long-vacant house: there had been a cover-up. The real perpetrator, at least according to local gossip, was the boy's six-year-old sister, Lauren...Twenty years on, Lauren has created a new life for herself, but details of Jacob's death being to resurface and the story again makes the newspapers. As Lauren struggles with the ghosts of her childhood, it seems only a matter of time before the past catches up with her.
