A Matchbox Full of Pearls

<p><strong>Voted number One Best Book of 2022 on Goodreads!</strong></p><p><strong>Longlisted in the Mystery and Mayhem Chanticleer Book Awards</strong></p><p><strong>'Don't say anything. Now or ever.'</strong></p><p>In a small town in the West Australian wheatbelt a ramshackle house and town rebel once provided refuge for gutsy orphan Lola.</p><p>Lola makes a homecoming for a funeral and discovers a town reeling with the return of an insidious attacker who terrorises young women and a familiar boy who freshens bittersweet memories.</p><p>Alone in the old house Lola notices a neighbour's strange nocturnal activities as she unearths a memento from her foster mother. The gift leads to a long-forgotten murder and a dancer called Lorrelai. As Lola digs deeper she finds disturbing connections between past and present.</p><p>It's 1971 and Lorrelai pregnant and homeless struggles to make a new life in a caravan park. Drawn to a troubled couple with a tiny baby events lead to a tragedy which spawns secrets lasting decades.</p><p>As Lola gets close to the truth so too those who wish to keep it hidden forcing Lola to draw on a lifetime of survival skills to find her way home.</p><p><em>Where the Crawdads Sing</em> meets <em>The Dry</em> in a page turner full of twists set in the harsh beauty of the Australian landscape.</p><p>Discover BJ Patterson Award winner's A Matchbox Full of Pearls Roach's dramatic debut- <em><strong>Kirkus.</strong></em></p><p> …a fascinating hypnotic tale of survival love and finding home set in the harshly gorgeous landscape of Western Australia. – <strong><em>Blue Ink Review</em></strong></p>