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A quiet coastal town. A temporary job. A past that refuses to stay buried.
When Stephen takes a short-term posting as postmaster in the isolated town of Heron Creek, he expects little more than boredom and a break from his stagnant life. Instead, he finds himself drawn into something far darker.
Julia Kent is beautiful, damaged, and trapped in a life she barely remembers. Her husband, Sebastian, is respected, intelligent—and hiding something deeply wrong.
What begins as curiosity turns into complicity.
What feels like connection becomes entrapment.
As the truth surfaces, Stephen realizes too late that nothing in Heron Creek is accidental—not the people, not the past, and certainly not him.
Because some plans aren’t meant to fail.
And in Heron Creek… no one leaves unchanged.
ISBN : 978-1-80603-753-7
Scheduled: 13/08/2026
Pages : 210
Size : 205x140
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
William Mortimer has been a soldier, State Public Servant, and business owner. For the last ten years he has worked in the NSW National Parks Service. He has a lifelong love of reading and writing.