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The author of The Paris Model captures the glamour, style, excitement, and romance of a bygone era in this sumptuous novel - set in the Sydney and London of the 1960s - about an up-and-coming young Australian reporter with a deadly secret. Breaking into the newspaper business in 1960s Sydney - a competitive world dominated by hard-edged men - isn't easy for a woman. But Blaise Hill is far from ordinary. The only female in The Clarion's newsroom, her long-held dream of being a reporter has come true. Blaise isn't chasing stories just to make a name for herself; she's helping support her family and her beloved sister Ivy, whose life has been transformed by polio.But the ambitious young journalist's confidence is shaken when she secretly witnesses the murder of a top crime boss - a death that rocks the Sydney underworld.