TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mundell,Meg
TI  - The trespassers
SN  - 9780702262555 (paperback)
AV  - PR8296.U675 T74 2019
U1  - 823.914 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - St Lucia, QLD
PB  - UQP
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Boat people
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Ocean travel
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Twenty-first century
KW  - Forecasts
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - fast
KW  - Strangers
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Australia
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Australian
KW  - Crime
KW  - Adult fiction
KW  - Print
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - 21st century
KW  - local
N2  - A literary murder mystery with a speculative edge, this novel explores the limits of courage, the consequences of greed, and the way unlikely strangers can become people we hold dear. Fleeing their pandemic-stricken homelands, a shipload of migrant workers departs the UK, dreaming of a fresh start in prosperous Australia. For young Dubliner Cleary Sullivan, deaf three years now, the journey promises adventure, new friendships, and sea-monster sightings. For Glaswegian songstress Billie Galloway its a chance to leave a shameful mistake behind, while London schoolteacher Tom Garnett hopes to shake his addictions and set his future on a brighter path. But when a crew member is murdered and people start falling gravely ill, the Steadfast is plunged into chaos. Who is to blame? Who can be trusted? And where does the real danger lie? Set in the near future, this novel is a compelling literary thriller brimming with guts, intelligence, and heart. Inspired by the true story of the Ticonderoga, a fever ship full of migrant workers that reached Melbourne in 1852, sparking the creation of Australias first quarantine station, the story takes place 200 years after this landmark event, and taps into contemporary tensions around migration, climate change, and the future of work
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