SHORTLISTED: Miles Franklin Literary AwardSHORTLISTED: Stella PrizeSHORTLISTED: Ned Kelly Prize for Best Crime NovelSHORTLISTED: Australian Book Industry AwardsWhen 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm ensues.Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm are Bella?s beloved older sister, Chris, a barmaid at the local pub, whose apparently easy-going nature conceals hard-won wisdom and the kind of street-smarts that only experience can bring, and May Norman, a young reporter with high ideals sent to cover the story.An Isolated Incident is a humane and beautifully observed tale of everyday violence, the media?s obsession with the murders of pretty young women and the absence left in the world when someone dies.
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