Happy Monday! Aren’t Monday’s sometimes a bit hard to get warmed up to? Hopefully this will make your day, a great day! First up, exciting news! It’s only six weeks until my new novel STARTING FROM NOW is released. You can preorder from Booktopia. I’ve got to tell you, I’m very excited (and nervous) about releasing…
It’s that exciting time of the year again, when there is a cover to show you all! If you can believe it (because it only feels like a few short weeks ago, that Without a Doubt hit the shelves) I have another book on the 5th of November. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be…
Without a Doubt Detective Dave Burrows returns in the most compelling and exciting case of his early career. Published: 1st April 2019 “McDonald’s first-hand experience of rural life is evident in her richly drawn worlds of both small-town life and large-scale cattle stations. Without a Doubt is action-packed rural crime fiction that offers insight into…
Blue Skies Blue Skies is the inspirational story of a young woman battling to save the family farm no matter what it takes. Published: 1st March 2011 “…an intriguing read filled with characters providing drama, romance, mystery and friendship and, at its core, the book is an inspirational tale about overcoming life’s most challenging obstacles.”…
Purple Roads Purple Roads is a story about maintaining faith in yourself, staying true to your ideals and, most of all, the belief that some things are worth fighting for. Published: 1st March 2013 “In essence an outback cross-genre romance-crime thriller, Purple Roads is a compelling read” KYLIE NORTHOVER – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Book Synopsis…
Crimson Dawn Laura Murphy will need to call on all her grit and determination to retain her beloved farm. But will her fierce self reliance close her off to the possibility of love? Published: 1st April 2014 “Once again Fleur McDonald gives a voice to issues facing people in the outback, with her latest release…
Sapphire Falls While mystery surrounds the accidental shooting of her husband, Fiona Forrest struggles to preserve the family farm in a suspenseful, pacy and action packed novel from the author of Crimson Dawn and Indigo Storm. Published: 26th October 2016 “The tension McDonald conveys in her writing takes on a role as important as the…
Suddenly One Summer Suspenseful and incendiary, Suddenly One Summer is an intriguing and heartfelt story of the unlikely connections of life on the land. Published: 25th October 2017 “An enthralling read with surprising twists and merging stories” TALKING BOOKS BLOG Book Synopsis When Brianna Donahue was three years old, her mother mysteriously disappeared while farming…
Where The River Runs Chelsea just wants a relationship with her dad but will he ever want that too? Where the River Runs is a brilliantly told rural story of long-held family secrets. Published: 24th October 2018 “Fleur evokes the outback with such a vivid intensity… her scenes just crackle with atmosphere. ” THERESA SMITH…
Noisy Nights A farmer struggles to get to sleep with all the noise from his farm animals. He finally finds the solution to a good nights sleep … Published: 1st October 2017 What Should a Horse Say A playful farmyard story full of animal friends and the noises they make. Farmer Rochelle owns a cow…
Things I love to talk about, (other than wine and coffee) are: Writing Domestic violence Autism Country life Farming / Agriculture Inspirational stories DVAssist – a not-for-profit organisation tailoring Domestic Violence services to each individual shire across Australia. Writing workshops for emerging writers, primary and secondary schools are also offered. I’m available also, for freelance…
If you have any questions which are not answered, please feel free to ask me and I’ll do my best to respond. What is the reading order of my novels?My novels are standalone, but many characters repetitively feature across my works, most notably the infamous Detective Dave Burrows. My books can be split into two…
Having sold over 700,000 copies of her books, she has solidified her position as one of the country’s favourite storytellers. Fleur draws inspiration from having lived and worked for much of her life on farms and now owns 4050ha across regional WA. Having written twenty novels, most of them featuring her leading detective, Dave Burrows,…
Detective Dave Burrows returns in another breathtaking tale of rural suspense. Into the Night Detective Dave Burrows is devastated. After an acrimonious divorce, Dave has no choice but to let his ex-wife and her father Mark call the shots: supervised, one-hour visits are all he’s allowed if he wants to see his two young daughters.…
Back in 2007, when I first started writing fiction, I created a character named Detective Dave Burrows. He was my lead male character in my first published novel, Red Dust. Dave worked hard, played hard, loved the bush and his job as lead detective in the WA Rural Crime Unit. In the same year…
Recently, I’ve been getting a few questions about the difference in the Dave books: ‘last book I read he was married to Kim and now he’s married to Melinda! Help, have I missed a book?’ The short answer is NO! You haven’t missed a book. All of my books which are published in November have…
I watched with annoyance, the ABC’s 4 Corners report on glyphosate and it’s ‘carcinogenic causing’ qualities, then with amusement when the 7.30 report started their series on Australia, how big is too big? According to the 7.30 Report, there is ‘national anxiety’ about the population of Australia; how we’re going to feed and water ourselves,…
There is a Facebook photo with a picture of a strawberry saying: ‘cut ‘em up, don’t throw ‘em out. Please continue to support Aussie Farmers through berry tough times.’ What a great campaign created through horrible circumstances. I wonder what makes someone or some people want to bring an industry to its knees? What…
Having been a farmer for twenty years, I can tell you what the reality of drought is: it’s dry dusty paddocks, with little or no grass. It’s dams that have nothing but mud in the bottom; sheep or cattle getting stuck as they search for water. Its people shutting their bank accounts down, none essential…
Being a woman, ‘you’ll need to lose weight’ is NOT a phrase you really want to hear. Still, I heard that last Monday when I went to see my specialist about my back. If you don’t know what happened to cause me to have spinal surgery in January, you can read about it here! Interestingly,…
Today, Where the River Runs, goes to print. This book feels like it’s been a mammoth effort – I was supposed to have it finished a long time before I actually handed the manuscript in… There was a reason! On the 29th of December I was leaning down to pull up a fence so…
