Left Behind
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‘An Aussie crime fiction star in the making’ Candice Fox
Two couples – Annabelle and Luke, Des and Julianni – embark on a camping trip to K’gari, a picturesque island off Queensland’s coast. Things have been tough lately, but this holiday is just what they need – white sands, clear waters, a chance to decompress and reconnect.
But there is an unnerving electricity in the air and Annabelle starts noticing strange occurrences. First, the man digging off a dark beach track in the middle of the night. The moaning in the amenities block: a couple getting their kicks or something more sinister? Then two campers mysteriously disappear, their belongings found abandoned near the beach.
When an old friend of Luke’s arrives, Annabelle’s suspicions reach fever pitch. And with a deadly storm approaching, danger lurks at every turn.
The island, an endlessly shifting landmass of sand, changing and changing again, will survive as it always has. But will they?
PRAISE FOR LEFT BEHIND
‘Reading Left Behind is like stepping in quicksand: I was immediately sucked into the story and overcome with a sense of panic.’ – The Australian Women’s Weekly
‘visually spectacular and gripping’ – Books+Publishing
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761154270
Publisher: Ultimo Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 September 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Ultimo Press
Illustration: Text only
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 407g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher who lives and works in Brisbane/Meanjin. Her research centres on the way that fiction gives voice to women and contemporary social issues through its narrativising of crime. When she’s not writing, Martine can be found reading, walking her lovable but tyrannous dachshund, or racing her immediate family in extremely serious rounds of Mario Kart.
Martine’s first novel, Everywhere We Look, was published by Ultimo Press.
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