Book Launch: Shot by Shelley Burr in conversation with Barbie Robinson

Join us as we welcome bestselling author Shelley Burr to The Book Cow to celebrate the launch of her gripping new crime thriller, Shot. Shelley will be joined in conversation for the evening by none other than Barbie Robinson of Living Arts Canberra.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A murder is witnessed by thousands, but who pulled the trigger?

Dahlia and Duncan Crews are rich, famous, glamorous - they share their lifestyle and picture-perfect family with hundreds of thousands of online subscribers. The Crews have it all - until they don't. Shot dead in the middle of a livestream, the couple's teenage daughter, Karma, is the sole survivor. And the prime suspect.

Years later, disgraced true-crime vlogger Jennifer Benedetta is hired to film a cold-case documentary on the unsolved Crews family murders. It's the chance she needs to salvage her reputation, but there's a catch: prove Karma Crews innocent. But something - or someone - is lurking just off camera, and the closer Jennifer gets to the truth, the further she is from safety. Who is watching? And how far will they go to remain unseen?

PRAISE FOR SHOT

'A sure-fire page-turner that keeps readers guessing' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'One of Australia's most exciting new crime writers' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY

'Twisty' CANBERRA WEEKLY

'Everything you want from an Australian crime thriller' WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

'Sizzling. Boldly original. Intense and utterly gripping' ROSE CARLYLE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shelley Burr grew up on Newcastle's beaches and her grandparents' property in Glenrowan, and on the road between the two. When not writing, Shelley is working to establish a small permaculture farm.

Her debut novel, WAKE, was a Top Five bestseller, won the prestigious UK Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger Award in 2019, and the Australian Book Industry's Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year and the Australian Crime Writers Association's Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction in 2023. WAKE was also shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards Debut Fiction Award. Her second novel, RIPPER, went straight to Number One on the Australian Fiction Bestseller list and was shortlisted for both the Sydney Crime Writers Festival's Danger Award for Fiction and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2024. VANISH, a Top Ten bestseller, is Shelley's third book in the Lane Holland series and can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. SHOT, a standalone thriller, is her fourth novel.