In Conversation with Fleur McDonald

Join best-selling Australian author Fleur McDonald in conversation as she discusses her latest book The Buried – the fourth thrilling novel in the bestselling Kalgoorlie series.

Fleur McDonald is best known as one of Australia's most successful rural fiction authors, but her greatest story is not found in the pages of her 28 novels—it is the remarkable life she has lived.

A farmer, mother, advocate and survivor, Fleur has overcome extraordinary challenges with resilience and determination. She worked full-time on the land, starting in an era when women were not legally recognised as farmers and could not secure a farm loan without a male guarantor. While raising two children with disabilities, caring for her terminally ill mother-in-law and living in an isolated Atco hut without power or a toilet for seven years, she found the determination to pursue her dream of writing.

Behind her success was the reality of surviving domestic violence, an experience that would ultimately shape the next chapter of her life. After rebuilding from what she describes as "rock bottom," Fleur channelled her experiences into creating lasting change for women living in regional Australia.

She invested $70,000 of her own money to establish DVassist before successfully lobbying the Federal Government for a $3 million pilot program that has grown to support communities across 96% of Western Australia.

A place to hide. A secret to bury.

The fourth thrilling novel in the bestselling Kalgoorlie series

A fiery car crash into a shop is only the beginning ...

When a car slams into a Kalgoorlie corner store, Detective Angie Sullivan is convinced it's a chance mishap.

But as she starts an investigation, she is drawn into something far darker than it first appears. Angie and her team must grapple with secrets, betrayals and murder to unravel a mystery that stretches back across decades.