A lonely and neglected boy creates an imaginary friend-protector in a turn-of-the-screw chilling story. A ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong. Based on true 19th and 20th Century revenge crimes. One quiet day, the peace of the small inland country town is devastated by murder. Kathryn Shell's rural-Lit may be read as stand-alone books or in chronological order as a family saga. BONUS: Back of book Glossary of Australian Words. e.g. station = ranch.