This week, we’re giving away three copies of The Bookshop of Buried Pasts by Sarah Clutton. When beloved bookshop owner Phyllida Banks suddenly disappears, leaving only a cryptic letter asking her granddaughter Lottie to “Find Francis”, the mystery leads to a trail of secrets stretching from Australia to England. As Lottie uncovers a hidden fortune and a fifty-year-old cold case, she discovers her grandmother is at the heart of a buried past that some have gone to great lengths to keep hidden. You can also meet Australian Writers' Centre graduate Sarah on our blog and on episode 673 of our podcast. Here’s the blurb:
Phyllida Banks is adored in the tiny village of Brookbank, nestled in the Southern Highlands outside Sydney. Admired for her curiosity and wisdom, her antiquarian bookshop is the hub of the community.
So, when Phyllida is suddenly gone, leaving her granddaughter, Lottie, a letter requesting she ‘Find Francis', friends and neighbours rally as Lottie grapples with her grandmother's inexplicable actions and her enigmatic past.
Uncovering a fortune of unknown origin, Lottie discovers a trail that leads to Cambridgeshire, England, and another village bookshop with eerie similarities to their own.
As the decades unravel, she stumbles upon the key to a mystery that has baffled police for fifty years. Several people have gone to great lengths to keep the past buried, and it seems Phyllida is at the heart of everything.
Step inside The Bookshop of Buried Pasts – an exhilarating tale of an abandoned boy and the woman who refused to forget him.
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 29 June 2026. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.
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