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Secrets of the Land

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Secrets of the Land by Kate Mahony tells the intriguing story of Imogen Maguire, who, in 2018, is bewildered when accosted in a Melbourne street by a mysterious stranger claiming her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But isn't her grandfather dead? A former journalist,... Read More
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Secrets of the Land

An engrossing thriller. Imogen, a former journalist, is bewildered when a mysterious stranger says her grandfather in New Zealand needs help. She finds a long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land - from 1862 when the British army fought the Taranaki Maori, to 1974 when Imogen's grandparents arrive, fleeing trouble in Ireland.

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Secrets of the Land by Kate Mahony tells the intriguing story of Imogen Maguire, who, in 2018, is bewildered when accosted in a Melbourne street by a mysterious stranger claiming her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But isn't her grandfather dead?

A former journalist, Imogen decides to investigate and travels to Taranaki, where she discovers her grandfather is very much alive. Someone is attempting to scare the elderly man off his farm.

A long shadow hangs over her grandfather's land, stretching from 1864, when two young Irishmen joined the British army in its fight against the Taranaki Māori, to 1975 when Imogen's grandparents arrived, fleeing trouble in Ireland.

Their daughter, Aoife, Imogen's mother, despises the new country her parents have brought her to, yet she knows returning to Ireland is impossible. The Irishman she encounters, sheltering in a hedge, is as lost as she is.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781738594306

Publisher: Cloud Ink Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2023

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Cloud Ink Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 152.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 270

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About the Author

Kate Mahony is a writer of short stories and flash fiction with an MA in Creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. Her work has been published in anthologies and literary journals internationally and in New Zealand. Her short fiction has been shortlisted and longlisted in international and national competitions. She has previously worked as a journalist in both London and New Zealand, and in communications roles. She grew up in Taranaki where her novel Secrets of the Land is set. She lives in Wellington.

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