Description
A country hotel, an unexpected houseguest, and a school reunion.
Maggie’s perfect storm is about to lift the lid off a lifetime of secrets.
Dan Ireland, a work-weary police crash investigator still hell-bent on punishing himself for his misspent youth, has ample reason for not going home to Calingarry Crossing for the school reunion, but one very good reason why he should . . . Maggie Lindeman.
Maggie is back in Calingarry Crossing trying to sell the family pub, while also dealing with a restless seventeen-year-old son, a father with dementia, a fame-obsessed musician husband back in the city, and a dwindling bank account. The last thing she needs is a surprise houseguest for the summer.
Fiona Bailey-Blair, daughter of an old friend and spoilt with everything but the truth, whips up a maelstrom of gossip when she blows into town in search of answers.
This storm season, as Maggie’s past and present converge with the unexpected, she’ll discover…
… there’s no keeping a lid on some secrets.
First published by Simon & Schuster, Simmering Season is another Calingarry Crossing novel from the author of HOUSE OF WISHES and the best-selling HOUSE FOR ALL SEASONS ~ “A painful exploration of estrangement, loss, truth, redemption and the power of wishes.” The West Australian
What readers and reviewers are saying…
“Simmering Season showcases McLeod’s ability to portray life in all its facets. In its laid-back Aussie way, this novel reaches out and grips your heart. Simmering Season is not a race to an intense climax. It is a wonderful exploration of letting go, of life, and of the decisions made along the way.” Rowena Holloway, Amazon
“Jenn J McLeod has written a big book with a big cast of characters and a heap of secrets. At 460 pages, it is proof of her writer’s talent and publisher’s faith in this series of Australian country-set stories. The author knows her setting well, so that it becomes a living character in its own right.” Margaret Sutherland, Author, Amazon
“The fact that this novel has the same strength and depth of quality as ‘House for all Seasons’ shows that she is going to be a steady and consistent talent in Australian fiction.” Book Muster Down Under, Amazon
