BIGGS, Anita
ISBN 978-1-923386-82-2
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Out The Corner Of My Eye
Have you ever noticed something out of the corner of your eye, only to find when you look directly at it, nothing is there?
Private Investigator Darcy Mane’s perspective changed after a car accident granted him the ability to see supernatural beings living among us.
While trying to cope with his new abilities and heal in the hospital, Darcy encounters ghosts, goblins, and mermaids. Even the Grim Reaper manages to scare him almost to death. After leaving the hospital, he bonds with an old neighbour and fi nds a new home.
But then things take a darker turn with a friend kidnapped and murdered. As Darcy deals with the chaos, he continues to take on new clients while navigating the murder investigation. Soon, danger threatens his home.
The climax unfolds with the kidnapping of his housemate. Darcy tracks down and confronts a supernatural villain, with deadly consequences.
DANVERS, Ron
Coming Soon
ISBN 978-1-923443-01-3
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1837 Colonel Light’s Vision for Adelaide
Postulation and Testing a Preemptive Model Plan Adapted by Light for the Capital of South Australia
Colonel William Light’s history has been the subject of several admirable publications, but none have satisfactorily addressed the method he used in designing, surveying and laying out the plan of the City of Adelaide on the topography of the site chosen on December 31, 1836. Although evidence supports there being a preemptive Model Plan produced in London before that date, the connection has generally been missed on how such a plan, following the pattern of many colonial antecedents, could have been simply cut up to fi t the topography of the chosen site.
In postulating the form a Model Plan might have taken by reverse engineering the final plan, it becomes obvious that this was the method used by Light to lay out the plan of the Capital. It was not done in a week from January 3, 1837 as Stretton suggested, but by February 7 the basic cutting up had been formulated and sketched by Light from Green Hill.
About the Author
Ron Danvers LFRAIA is an architect living in the City of Adelaide in South Australia. He was instrumental in introducing urban design to South Australia, becoming the founding Chair of the State Urban Design Advisory Panel. Although he has undertaken major cultural heritage projects in Malaysia and Indonesia, most of his architectural work has been in the City of Adelaide.
He was awarded the RAIA Lachlan Macquarie Award and a National Trust Australian Heritage Award in 1987 for restoration of the Mortlock Library. In 2005, his architecture practice was awarded a UNESCO Asia Pacifi c Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation for heritage adaptation of the Treasury Buildings in Victoria Square. He was President of the RAIA SA Chapter 1988-90, representing the architectural profession at that time in the South Australian State Planning Review. He was granted the adjunct title of Associate Professor by the University of Adelaide.
LAVERS, Ashlee
ISBN 978-1-922957-72-6
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A Changed Life
A true story about a life-changing decision that turned reality upside down and threw my young self into an unexpected path.
The night that changed everything, after a normal day of school and play, my best friend and I made a decision that was set to change the layout of our lives and the lives of our close friends and family.
This true diary entry-style read is my story, one I’ve written over many years. The tears and emotion behind the pages of this book were really felt by me deep into my core as I sat and typed my life out.
After my first year of recovery, I visited the site and my best friend, Charmaine. Upon returning, I felt compelled to get up and start writing. I began to write through the tears and wrenching pain. I sat at my keyboard and just typed. I continued writing on the daily; it would help me just let go for that moment. This story takes you through all my ups and downs, my tears, my pain, my feelings of losing myself and my life, and all the in-between of what it’s like to live after such a horrific accident to then feeling and regaining my confidence the way I am.
Despite my doubt for many years, my strength shines through. Many will say I was strong from the beginning. “Strength comes from within and it can be used in a mighty way if you believe.”
JAY, Katie
ISBN 978-1-923386-65-5
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ISBN 978-1-923443-17-4
EBOOK
A Murder On The Cards
A seventy-eight year old man is found dead at the back of Glenelg Bridge Club. A bullet hole in the side of his head is just the first of some startling and sometimes ominous intrigues that are presented to Cecilia, the Health Inspector for Glenelg Council.
As an amateur sleuth, and a keen bridge player, Cecilia is not going to let this murder be swept under the carpet.
Her favourite homicide detective, Aldo, is missing in action and her relationship with him seems to be wavering… as well as taking a few hits from the romantic attentions of one of the murder suspects!
A Murder on the Cards follows Cecilia Archer in a new and entertaining adventure in her beloved community – Glenelg.
About the author
Katie Jay is a successful children’s picture book author who is now writing mystery crime novels.
Spanning over fifty years she has been a keen dog owner, including a pair of naughty dachshunds who feature in her books.
Visit her website to keep up to date with new releases and events: katiejayauthor.com.au