Mad Dawn Winter

Seka Torlak Mystery: Book 3

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Paranormal Women's Fiction, Amateur Sleuths, Women Sleuths, Murder Mystery, Rural Suspense, Paranormal Mystery, Historical, and Novels

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Violence, Abuse, Death, and Profanity

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Mad Dawn Winter

Seka Torlak Mystery: Book 3

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In a town submerged with secrets and corruption, there are those who seek the truth…

Seka Torlak, now a journalism cadet, relocates to the tranquil town of Riverwood in 1998, seeking a fresh start. However, her peace is short-lived when she stumbles upon a cold case involving the murder of a former Vietnam Vet. Driven by a grieving mother's plea for justice, Seka begins to uncover a web of secrets that this seemingly idyllic town has buried deep.

In her quest for truth, Seka befriends Dawn Winter, a fellow Bosnian woman haunted by the loss of a friend and ostracized by the townspeople for her tributes to the fallen. As Seka digs deeper, she finds herself entangled in a dangerous game of deceit and loyalty, facing ghosts of the past and present. Will she unravel the truth and deliver justice before it’s too late, or will the town's dark secrets consume her?

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Genres

Paranormal Women's Fiction, Amateur Sleuths, Women Sleuths, Murder Mystery, Rural Suspense, Paranormal Mystery, Historical, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Abuse, Death, and Profanity

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Series

Seka Torlak Mystery — Book 3

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Reading prior books is not required

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Author

Amra Pajalić won the 2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature's Civic Choice Award for her debut novel The Good Daughter, re-released as Sabiha's Dilemma (Pishukin Press, 2022). The anthology she co-edited, Growing up Muslim in Australia (Allen and Unwin, 2014, 2019), was shortlisted for the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books and was selected by the Grattan Institute for the 2015 Summer Reading List for Prime Minister. Her memoir Things Nobody Knows But Me (Transit Lounge, 2019) was shortlisted for the 2020 National Biography Award. Her short story collection The Cuckoo's Song (Pishukin Press, 2022) features previously published and prize-winning stories. She is the author of the Sassy Saints series and the Seka Torlak historical-mystery series, beginning with Time Kneels Between Mountains and companion essay collection that examine the legacy of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

She works as a high school teacher and is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at La Trobe University.