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Stars in their eyes

BRIGHT OBJECTS

by Ruby Todd (Allen & Unwin, $36.99) is out April 30.

“We are drawn into Sylvia’s grieving mind, one that is intent on uncovering clues that the local police have seemingly passed by.

‘Some might have thought it unhealthy for a new widow to begin work in a funeral home.” So begins this enticing debut novel from Australian Ruby Todd, set beneath the dark skies of Jericho, a small town in New South

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