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The Sunbaker

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When overworked forensic pathologist Nicola Fox arrives for a long-overdue break at her holiday house in Brunswick Heads, on the NSW north coast, she's shocked to discover someone sunbaking on one of the sun lounges in her backyard. And that the sunbaker has been dead for... Read More
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The Sunbaker

From the author of The Beacon comes another page-turning beachside murder-mystery, bursting with local colour and humour.

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When overworked forensic pathologist Nicola Fox arrives for a long-overdue break at her holiday house in Brunswick Heads, on the NSW north coast, she's shocked to discover someone sunbaking on one of the sun lounges in her backyard. And that the sunbaker has been dead for some time.

Rumours soon emerge that the sunbaker took more than a few dark secrets to his grave, secrets many peopleβ€”and especially the policeβ€”were keen to bury. When the arse-covering and finger-pointing begin in earnest, Nicola finds herself a suspect.

New to town, she only knows one person who might be able to save her: Jack Harris, a journalist at the local newspaper, The Beacon. When he begins investigating, the police organised crime unit arrives, and soon they are threatening both him and Nicola, leaving Jack to wonder if it was the police themselves who had committed the crime.

Can Jack uncover who really killed the sunbaker, and why the body was left in the backyard of a forensic pathologist, before the escalating threats to his own wellbeing become more than just threats?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760688646

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Echo Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 439g

Pages: 384

About the Author

P. A. Thomas studied medicine in Newcastle, New South Wales, undertook specialist training in nuclear medicine at the Mayo Clinic in the USA, and now works as a specialist at a public hospital in Brisbane. He is also a wilderness landscape photographer: he has had many joint and solo exhibitions, and his images have appeared in Australian Geographic publication.

He lives in the Byron Bay region, the setting for his first novel, The Beacon, and its sequel, The Sunbaker.

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