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    The Locksmith's Secret

    By Tahlia Newland

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    Recipient of the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence for Outstanding Independent Fiction.

    Ella’s boyfriend Jamie seems to be her perfect match until a death in the family calls him back to England and it becomes clear that he’s hiding something. Can their relationship survive the revelation of something so astounding that it completely changes Ella’s perception of him and his place in her world?

    While Jamie struggles with family responsibilities, Ella’s steampunk murder mystery develops a life of its own, raising disturbing memories of her time as a striptease artist and a past life as a sexually abused Italian nun. She also dreams of an ephemeral city, where she seeks to unravel the locksmith’s secret and find the key that opens a door to other realities.

    All these, together with a lost brother, a desperate mother, a demanding cat, and a struggle to live up to Buddhist ideals, weave together in a rich tapestry that creates an extraordinary work of magical realism.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTahlia Newland
    Release dateApr 8, 2016
    ISBN9780994219275
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    Tahlia Newland

    Tahlia Newland has written and published eight books, three of which have won multiple awards. She writes inspirational and heart-warming magical realism and fantasy, and also makes masquerade masks and steampunk hats and accessories at http://tahliasmasks.com. Her wardrobe is full of steampunk clothing which she wears every day because beautiful clothes deserve to be worn. She works as an editor for AIA Editing and AIA Publishing, a selective, author-funded publishing company, and lives in an Australian rainforest with a lovely husband and two cheeky Burmese cats. All her major books have a Burmese cat in them.

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