Together We Read – Libby
Western Downs Libraries joins hundreds of public libraries and thousands of readers across Australia and New Zealand in offering the latest Together We Read digital book club selection. Library members can enjoy Australian author Chris Hammer’s award-winning crime novel, Scrublands, as an ebook or audiobook for free. They can also participate in an online discussion with other readers across both countries.
In Scrublands, a charismatic and dedicated young priest calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners before being shot dead himself in an isolated country town. A year later, troubled journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals about the priest and incidents leading up to the shooting don’t fit with the accepted version of events his own newspaper reported in an award-winning investigation. Martin can’t ignore his doubts, nor the urgings of some locals to unearth the real reason behind the priest’s deadly rampage.
Scrublands is published by Allen & Unwin and can be borrowed from the Libby App (FREE!) using your Western Downs Library membership during Together We Read between 1-15 September. The digital book can be read, or listened to, on most computers and devices, without waitlists or holds. The title will automatically expire at the end of the lending period, and there are no late fees.
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More information about Together We Read: AU/NZ can be found here.
