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Petronella McGovern

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Australia

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https://www.petronellamcgovern.com.au/

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Suspense, Thriller, Contemporary

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November 2013

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Petronella McGovern writes psychological thrillers focusing on everyday characters and contemporary issues.

Petronella is fascinated by what makes us tick, the lies we tell, and the secrets we keep. She is the best-selling author of Six Minutes, The Good Teacher, The Liars and The Last Trace. Her books have been nominated in the Ned Kelly Awards, the Davitt Awards and the Australian Independent Bookseller Awards. The Liars was selected in the Top 100 Big W/Better Reading list for 2023.

Petronella grew up in a large family on a farm in New South Wales. Australian landscapes and the bush feature strongly in her stories. Among other adventures, she has worked on a summer camp in America and travelled in eastern Africa which inspired parts of h ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 7,281 ratings · 859 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Six Minutes 3.84 avg rating — 3,128 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“No-one is too little to do good. Every act of kindness, even a small one, can really matter.”
― Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher

tags: humanity, kindness

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“Memory. It worked in such mysterious ways. Lodging certain things in the brain, discarding others. Sometimes protecting us from our worst experiences, sometimes replaying them over and over, sometimes lying to us.”
― Petronella McGovern, The Last Trace

tags: memory, psychological-drama, trust

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― Petronella McGovern, The Liars

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Voting for August 2019 - number in title

Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern

8 votes, 22.2%

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

7 votes, 19.4%

One For Sorrow by Sarah A. Denzil

4 votes, 11.1%

Six Years by Harlan Coben

4 votes, 11.1%

Eight Lives by Susan Hurley

3 votes, 8.3%

One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf

3 votes, 8.3%

The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton by Katherine Hayton

2 votes, 5.6%

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

2 votes, 5.6%

55 by James Delargy

2 votes, 5.6%

The Six by Anni Taylor

1 vote, 2.8%

Three Hours Past Midnight by Tony Knighton

0 votes, 0.0%

36 total votes

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“There’s more to development than money…Think of how a child develops. Learns to walk, talk. Grows up. Gets a bit smarter every day.
That’s development too. It’s time for Kinton Bay to grow up. Get smarter and acknowledge its violent beginnings.”
― Petronella McGovern, The Liars

tags: colonialism, history-repeating-itself

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“No-one is too little to do good. Every act of kindness, even a small one, can really matter.”
― Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher

tags: humanity, kindness

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“Some detectives believed they could pick the perp straight away. Caruso wasn't in that camp, but he knew something was off kilter here. The husband and wife almost seemed afraid of each other.”
― Petronella McGovern, Six Minutes

tags: crime-thriller

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tags: memory, psychological-drama, trust

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