Inverloch

Colin, layback, accommodating and forever searching, feels the compulsion to document the unusual events that happen to him and those around him.

Over the course of his life he finds himself negotiating a path between two powerful and ineluctable opposing forces. Through his eyes we witness the trail blazed by these commanding personalities and the effect they have on his, and each other's, lives.

Roy, one of these personalities, seems to be forged by traumatic adolescent events. The consequences are mysterious, dark and frightening.

The other influence in Colin's life is Allie. After a distressing personal event during the Hong Kong riots of 1967 when she is very young, she finds that music can transfigure her grief-stricken thoughts and decides on her life's course – to become a successful singer. From that moment she is committed to bringing her plan to fruition. The result is spectacular.

Set largely in Melbourne and Inverloch and following the interweaving lives of these three people over a generation, from childhood in the sixties to the present.

Inverloch carries a sense of pending danger and intrigue, yet it isn't a crime novel. It is so much more.

A seductive and addictive story about coming of age, discovering a purpose, and the value of relationships.

And a love letter to a time and scene in Melbourne that many will recognize and reminisce.