The Fossil Hunter

The Fossil Hunter
Tea Cooper
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NZ$ 35.00
Trade Paperback
Not defined - 384pg
27 Oct 2021 AU
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9781489299598
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A fossil discovered at London' s Natural History Museum leads one woman back in time to nineteenth century Australia and a world of scientific discovery and dark secrets in this compelling historical mystery. Wollombi, The Hunter Valley 1847The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is running through the bush as a monster chases her - but no one believes her story. In a bid to curb Mellie' s overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur palaeontologist with a dream. She is convinced she will one day find proof the great sea dragons - the ichthyosaur and the plesiosaur - swam in the vast inland sea that millions of years ago covered her property at Bow Wow Gorge, and soon Mellie shares that dream for she loves fossil hunting too. . . 1919 When Penelope Jane Martindale arrives home from the battlefields of World War 1 with the intention of making her peace with her father and commemorating the death of her two younger brothers in the trenches, her reception is not as she had hoped. Looking for distraction, she finds a connection between a fossil at London' s Natural History museum and her brothers which leads her to Bow Wow Gorge. But the gorge has a sinister reputation - 70 years ago people disappeared. So when PJ uncovers some unexpected remains, it seems as if the past is reaching into the present and she becomes determined to discover what really happened all that time ago. . .
Tea Cooper is an established Australian author of contemporary and historical fiction. In a past life she was a teacher, a journalist and a farmer. These days she haunts museums and indulges her passion for storytelling. She is the internationally bestselling author of several novels, including most recently The Naturalist' s Daughter, The Woman in the Green Dress, The Girl in the Painting and The Cartographer' s Secret. To find out more, visit Tea on her website. You can also follow Tea on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781489299598
Published: 27 Oct 2021
Published In: Australia
Imprint: HQ Fiction
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty
Format: Trade Paperback
Pages: 384

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