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Matthew Spencer In Conversation

Bathurst Library

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Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am

70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2795

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Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am (AEST)

70-78 Keppel Street, NSW, New South Wales 2795

70-78 Keppel St, Bathurst NSW 2795, Australia, Bathurst, New South Wales

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Matthew Spencer In Conversation
Hear Matthew speak about his new book Broke Road, described as a thrilling, fast-paced and detailed police procedural fiction.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing on the night.

The author returns to characters Adam Bowman and Rose Riley.

About the book

A MURDER AT HOME
A COMMUNITY ON EDGE
SOMEONE IS WATCHING

A late-night phone call is never good news for Homicide Detective Sergeant Rose Riley. This time she's being sent up to the Hunter Valley, where a woman has been found dead in her home.

Rose grew up further along the valley. She knows that for every vineyard and golf course resort visited by tourists to the 'wine country' there are as many dilapidated fibro houses and drug dens, in the shadow of one of the state's largest prisons.

A media hound points the finger at the husband, angering Rose but capturing the attention of journalist turned true crime author Adam Bowman. His book on the 'Blue Moon Killer' made him famous but the case nearly cost Rose her life, and she's not sure how she feels about seeing him again.

Suspects abound, from the grieving husband to sinister business interests and suspicious locals. But when new evidence connects the crime to an old case, Rose realises they have no time to lose. The murderer is ready to strike again.

About the author

Matthew Spencer was a journalist at The Australian for twenty years, with long stints running the Foreign News desk and as Opinion Editor. He has written for newspapers and magazines in Uganda and Kenya and been published in The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. His debut novel Black River was the winner of the 2023 Inaugural Danger Award for Debut Crime Fiction.


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Matthew Spencer In Conversation, 14 August | Event in Bathurst | AllEvents
Matthew Spencer In Conversation
Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am