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Geoff Parkes

Geoff Parkes

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Born and raised in rural New Zealand, Geoff Parkes now lives in Melbourne. For the last twelve years he’s written a weekly opinion column for The Roar, Australia’s leading on-line sports website. This is his first novel.

Books by Geoff Parkes

When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole

A missing woman . . . a townful of suspects. The haunting debut crime novel that transports the reader back to the 1980s and a small rural town in New Zealand.

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