Emily Rodda (real name Jennifer Rowe) was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1973 with an MA (Hons) in English Literature. Moving into a publishing career, first as a book editor, and finally as a publisher at Angus & Robertson, Rodda's first book was published in 1984.
The gang work as housekeeping at a motel. The lottery has been won and not claimed, and the kids find a note amongst the breakfast trays "Help me" and the winning numbers. Features a wonderful cast of suspicious characters.
I appreciated the representation of the gang's friendship in this one. Sunny is one of my favorite characters, but I feel like there's a lot of missed potential with her as well.
3* but an extra one because of all the suspicious characters and their hilarious secrets. Fair work commission, kids. Give them a bell. Sunny's voice isn't particularly strong, and this is a 'drifter' plot that could have belonged to any of the gang, if it weren't for Sunny eviscerating literally everyone with her hot takes on victim blaming. Richelle being ready to believe Sunny stole but complete faith that Sunny wouldn't lie to her was goals.