A Flash in the Dust
$22.32
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2026
Summary
A gripping historical YA thriller, with a dash of queer romance. Think the bushranger version of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.
1899, Fremantle Asylum, Western Australia. For three years now, Gilberta Brady has kept quiet and stayed out of trouble, hoping to soon be released. But when Norah Devaney screams into the ward with revenge in her heart and a story no-one believes, Brady’s carefully guarded peace is shattered.
On the run and out of options, they collide with Ke…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702271090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0702271098 |
| Author: | Meg Caddy |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-20 |
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Meg Caddy
Meg Caddy is a West Australian YA novelist with three published novels. Their first novel, a standalone YA fantasy titled Waer, was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award. Their second novel, Devil’s Ballast, was longlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize (2020), and their third, Slipping the Noose, was longlisted for both the CBCA Book of the Year Award (2023) and the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2022). Meg identifies as nonbinary and asexual. In 2015 they completed an Honours degree in English/History, writing on the Golden Age of Piracy. They completed their PhD in Creative Writing in 2025. When they’re not writing, elbows-deep in archives or chasing around their toddler, Meg plays an unhealthy amount of Dungeons & Dragons.
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