by Tony Brooks
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Maria Brandt, a Polish refugee, and her husband Reinhardt, a former Luftwaffe fighter pilot, fled Germany for Australia after World War II. Eager to leave the horrors of war, and the taint of Reinhardt's Nazi relatives behind them, they made new lives for themselves in the farmlands south of Adelaide. But when Maria's childhood friend Tamara contacts her with threats and accusations of war crimes against Reinhardt if Maria doesn't help Tamara's husband evade Israeli agents, Maria does what she must to protect her family.
The blame for Tamara's death falls upon Maria's innocent half-Aborigine farmhand, though, and Maria must decide how far she will take her deception, and who else she is willing to sacrifice for the sake of Reinhardt and her son.
AUTHOR BIO
Born in England, Tony Brooks served in the Royal Navy, and then trained as a teacher. He studied French at the Sorbonne. He taught high school, having studied French at the Institut Britannique, and the Sorbonne in Paris, and was also a primary school teacher and principal.
Migrating to Australia in 1971, he taught for 10 years at all levels of primary school and as tutor/lecturer at Murray Park CAE. His degree is in Educational Drama. His scripts have been performed and presented on stage, radio and in film in Australia and the United States.
His novel First of All, about the reformer Catherine Helen Spence, was published by Axiom Press in 1995 and re-printed in 2001. His novel about the “blackbirding era” was published online.
In 1994 his play Games received an Advertiser Award as the best new play of the year. In 2001, his musical Ice, based on the love letters of Douglas and Paquita Mawson, was produced by the Opus Performing Arts Company at the prestigious Noarlunga Theatre in Adelaide. In 2005, his one act play Honest John, set amid the great drivers’ strike of 1910, won the South Australian Hills Drama Festival.
Tony has also written a trilogy of novels based on his TV scripts. He also confesses to writing dozens of poems that he sometimes performs in public, and which have helped unlock the flow of words over the years.
He now lives in Plympton with his wife, Lyn who is an artist and designer.
Tony continues his exploration of Australian/South Pacific history in his other books: http://xynobooks.com/
Interact with Tony on Twitter @tonybrooks17.
REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping Read May 19, 2014
Tony Brooks is an incredibly talented writer. Before The Hunter Comes is a great read! I cam highly recommend it!
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