Michael Robotham | Event

 Leading Australian Author
MICHAEL ROBOTHAM

Discussing his brand-new novel

TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE

With author of The Picasso Ransom
A.T. PREWETT

When:        Monday 5th October

                   Doors open 6.30pm

                   Finger food served from 7pm

                   In conversation begins by 7.45pm

Where:   GINGER FOX  23-25 South Concourse, Beaumaris

 Cost:      $50 includes admission, finger food and a copy of  ‘Tell Me Something True’
                 Ticket only $35 (includes finger food)

                 Beverages at bar prices 

Phone:       0422 522 007

E-mail:   events@beaumarisbooks.com.au       
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TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE
MICHAEL ROBOTHAM’S FIRST EVER AUSTRALIAN SET NOVEL

The astonishing, emotional epic from Michael Robotham: a mystery, a coming-of-age tale and a love story wrapped into one, set against the simmering tensions of a small Australian town. Small towns are quick to anger and slow to forgive, but Arlo Hackett doesn't expect mercy when he emerges from a twelve-year prison sentence and makes his way back to Yulara, a waypoint on Australia's Great Southern Road. The last time Arlo was home, his brother Luke was charged with a terrible crime and Arlo was found guilty by association. His return to the former goldrush town is like cracking open a time capsule full of hatred and violence, along with memories of the people he loved – the ones he couldn't save. Yulara wants Arlo gone, or worse, but every insult and humiliation pushes him to confront what really happened all those years ago. The truth will shock you, surprise you, and break your heart.

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM

Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was a feature writer and investigative reporter working in Britain, Australia and America, and with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes. Michael’s debut thriller, The Suspect, which introduced clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, sold more than a million copies around the world and is a major TV series starring Aidan Turner on ABC TV. Michael's standalone thriller The Secrets She Keeps was adapted for TV by Network 10 and the BBC. Michael is the only Australian to twice win the UK's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel, for Life Or Death and Good Girl, Bad Girl as well as the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for When She Was Good. Lying Beside You was shortlisted for the Australian Crime Writers Association's Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2023. Storm Child, was a No. 1 national bestseller in Australia. It was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2025.

A.T. PREWETT

A.T. Prewett grew up on Yorta Yorta land in country Victoria and has taught music in Victorian public schools since 2008. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone AU/NZ, The Big Issue, Cinema Australia and Political Animal, among others. His music documentaries have screened at major festivals in Australasia, North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Aidan's short story 'The Weeping Woman' was selected as the opening piece in The Big Issue's 2024 'Fiction Edition'. The Picasso Ransom stemmed directly from this story.
He lives in Naarm/Melbourne with his wife, Schy, and their three children.

THE PICASSO RANSOM

For fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club and Ocean's 11 comes a witty Australian cosy crime caper about art, rebellion and second chances.
Fact: In 1986, Picasso's Weeping Woman was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria. To this day, the culprits have never been identified.
Here's what happened. Maybe.
Phoebe is about to turn 70, and has grown sick of retirement. She enrols in an evening art course, where she befriends fellow retirees Eva and Dave. They also happen to be studying across the road from a two-million-dollar Picasso.
The trio make a promising start, only to find that the school is to be closed due to arts cuts implemented by a blundering government minister. The protests of a student activist group - under 30s only - fall on deaf ears.
Enter Phoebe, Eva and Dave, who decide to take matters into their own hands ...