Three Sisters

by David Tooby

The scream carried on the wind, long and shrill... Then came a second scream, this time longer, louder and no doubting the terror behind it... In Three Sisters, Australian author, David Tooby, explores the causes and consequences of human the different backgrounds, different opportunities, and different journeys that shape people and make them who they are. Set in an idyllic North Coast town of New South Wales, the story focuses on two main characters; Jim, a complex man who has lost his wife and is consumed by grief, and Bonny, a young mother who has suffered a similar devastating loss and is left isolated and vulnerable. Jim manages to claw himself back from the brink of suicide. But will he ever find purpose in his life again? Bonny is inured to violence, but she has never met a man as unpredictable and brutish as one she joins for a mid-week party on an isolated beach north of town. Their lives are thrust together when Bonny is assaulted, and Jim is compelled to intervene. And for those that survive, things will never be the same again...
An exciting thriller from a rising talent and new Australian author in crime fiction.

270 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2021

About the author

DA Tooby is a landscape architect by profession and a fisherman for pleasure, so it’s no wonder that visually descriptive artistry and a spirit of adventure infuse his first novel, Helium and Honey. Overcoming childhood dyslexia in his twenties, Tooby found joy in the written word as a reader and later as a writer.
Born in Scotland, Tooby migrated to Australia with his family as a seven-year-old and spent the remainder of his childhood in Perth, Western Australia. He now lives in New South Wales, but remains a frequent visitor to Western Australia, and feels a deep connection to the north-western landscapes that provide the setting for Helium and Honey. He is married with four children.