Jacaranda Blue

Stella Templeton has spent forty-four years living by the rules in Maidenville, a town of 2,800 people where little seems to stir. That changes on a sweltering summer afternoon, when a shocking incident shakes the town's polished reputation.

Soon the minister's daughter becomes the centre of unanswered questions, and the disappearance of a sixteen-year-old boy deepens the unease among the residents. Behind the tidy gardens and fences, is something rotten being hidden? Nobody in town understands the full story.

As the secrets pile up, Stella is beginning to change in ways no one expected. The novel comes from Joy Dettman, the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series.