Corrosion

This book is the much anticipated prequel to Collision, Book 1, in the Trial Bay series.

Collision traces the arc of runaway Stella Lawson and her father Paul’s fractured relationship, to their tentative reunion in Trial Bay, on the Australian mid-north coast. Their story hints at the many lies buried at the heart of their family history.

Now this new book in the series, Corrosion, set between 1958 and 2008 in Sydney and Trial Bay, explores this generational secrecy in alternating chapters. It unravels the story of Stella’s father, Paul, and his mother, Mary, and we learn the fate of favourite characters, Grace and Gustav, from Book 1.

Paul, a lonely, confused teenager, is desperate to avoid being sent to boarding school by his elegant, career-driven mother. He’d rather attend the local high school and risk living with his irresponsible father, rather than let his mother decide his future.

Mary has striven all her life to overcome her desperately unhappy childhood, when she experienced bitter rejection. She is determined her son will never lack the opportunities denied her. Unfortunately, Mary's wealth, ambition and steely control over her son form only a thinly-veiled veneer to hide devastating secrets.

In their final showdown, what does Paul discover? And will it destroy him, and her?