Death at Booroomba

Small town, big secrets

By: A L Booth

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Paperback | 29 July 2025

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In 1915, two days before being sent to fight in WWI, Jack O'Rourke dived into Sydney Harbour to save a drowning stranger, Samuel Lomond. Four years later, battle-scarred and weary, Jack returns home only to discover that Samuel has been brutally murdered – and that he's been left his rural property, Booroomba.

When Jack arrives in Warrawolong, a small town near Eden, to claim his inheritance, he finds only hostile stares. Suspected of the crime by the townsfolk and local constable, Jack launches his own investigation into Samuel’s death – and soon discovers the townsfolk aren’t as innocent as they seem.

Now Jack must expose a killer hiding in plain sight – before he becomes the next victim of a decades-old conspiracy.

A neighbour coveting water rights, a struggling newspaper proprietor, a vengeful labourer, a secret affair and two Russian émigrés lead Jack right to the heart of the crime. A small town hides big secrets, in A L Booth’s deeply evocative historical whodunnit.

About the Author

A.L. Booth is a highly accomplished author with seven novels, three of which were published by Penguin Random House, including her debut novel Stillwater Creek. She has contributed short-stories to international collections including Antipodes and New Writing. She is ANU Professor Emeritus of Economics, has a PhD from the LSE and spent over two decades living and working in the UK before returning to her native Australia.

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