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January Gilchrist is  Brisbane based author. Her debut novel is The Final Chapter

Writers’ retreats are supposed to be about creativity. In the gardens of Thorne House and the surrounding bush writers, poets and creatives search for their muse.

But on one fateful weekend, as snow descends on the Blue Mountains, four writers arrive at Thorne House with more than literary success on their minds.

Desley has escaped her family and her demanding husband for a last ditch attempt to live her dream as an author.

Colette is seeking escape from the paparazzi who are more than usually ravenous about her public life.

Maia already has the success and the money, but is looking for something more.

Mix in two poets and trapped from the world by the blanketing snow. You have a recipe for murder!

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