COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘Highway 13’ by Fiona McFarlane

This week, we’re giving away three copies of Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane. Highway 13 is a haunting and thought-provoking collection of interconnected short stories set in Australia, each exploring the profound impact of a 1990s serial killer on various lives and offering a deep commentary on society's fascination with true crime. You can also meet Fiona on episode 12 of our podcast. Here’s the blurb:

In 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged with a series of brutal murders of backpackers along a highway. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims' families, but its impact travels even further – into the past, as the murders rewrite personal histories, and into the future, as true crime podcasts and biopics tell the story of the crimes.

Highway 13 takes murder as its starting point, but it unfolds to encompass much more: through the investigation of the aftermath of this violence across time and place, from the killer's home town in country Australia to the tropical Far North, and to Texas and Rome, McFarlane presents an unforgettable, entrancing exploration of the way stories are told and spread, and at what cost.

From the acclaimed author of ‘The Sun Walks Down’ and ‘The Night Guest’ comes a captivating account of loss and fear, and their extended echoes in individual lives.

If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!

Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 5 August 2024. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.

GOOD LUCK!