{"id":491,"date":"2009-03-22T09:32:28","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2018-01-30T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T06:35:30","slug":"as-darkness-falls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/books\/as-darkness-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"As Darkness Falls (Dungirri #1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Series note: As Darkness Falls is set in a small town called Dungirri, and is\u00a0chronologically\u00a0the first book in the\u00a0loosely-linked Dungirri series. The town and some of the characters in this book appear in future books, but this is a complete story and can stand alone.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/books\/as-darkness-falls200x310\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1509\" title=\"As-Darkness-Falls200x310\" src=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/As-Darkness-Falls200x310-129x200.jpg\" alt=\"As Darkness Falls by Bronwyn Parry - Australian cover\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/As-Darkness-Falls200x310-129x200.jpg 129w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/As-Darkness-Falls200x310-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/As-Darkness-Falls200x310.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/books\/ukcoveradf200x314\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1510\" title=\"UKCoverADF200x314\" src=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/UKCoverADF200x314-127x200.jpg\" alt=\"As Darkness Falls by Bronwyn Parry - UK cover\" width=\"127\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/UKCoverADF200x314-127x200.jpg 127w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/UKCoverADF200x314-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/UKCoverADF200x314.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hha.com.au\/\">Hachette Australia<\/a> September, 2008; <a href=\"http:\/\/piatkus.co.uk\/\">Piatkus UK<\/a>, September 2009; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.de\/blanvalet\/\">Blanvalet<\/a>, Germany, Spring 2010)<\/p>\n<h3>About the book:<\/h3>\n<p>Haunted by her failures, Detective Isabelle O\u2019Connell is recalled to duty by DCI Alec Goddard to investigate the abduction of yet another child from her home town. They have only days to find the girl alive, with few clues, a town full of suspects, and a vast wilderness to search. It soon becomes a game of cat and mouse, with Bella firmly in the killer\u2019s sights.<\/p>\n<p>For Bella, this case is already personal; for Alec, his best intentions to keep it purely professional soon dissolve, and his anguish over Bella\u2019s safety moves beyond the concern for a colleague.<\/p>\n<p>Their mutual attraction leaves them both vulnerable to their private nightmares &#8211; nightmares the killer ruthlessly exploits.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>As Darkness Falls<\/em><\/strong> was a finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romanceaustralia.com\/rby.html\">Romantic Book of the Year Award 2009<\/a>, in the Romantic Elements category. Prior to publication, the manuscript won the Romance Writers of America 2007 Golden Heart Award, for best unpublished Romantic Suspense.<\/p>\n<h3>More information:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/ADFChapter1.pdf\">Download the first chapter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/books\/as-darkness-falls\/reading-group-notes\/\">Reading group questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ISBN numbers<br \/>\nAustralian trade paperback edition: ISBN 13: 9780733623226 ISBN 10: 0733623220<br \/>\nAustralian paperback edition: ISBN 13: 9780733624155 ISBN 10: 0733624154<br \/>\nUK paperback edition: ISBN 13: 9780749942922 ISBN 10: 0749942924<\/p>\n<h3>Buy it from:<\/h3>\n<p>at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/search.ep?author=Bronwyn%20Parry\" target=\"_blank\">Booktopia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008NA4442\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B008NA4442&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bronparr-20\">at amazon.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kobobooks.com\/ebook\/As-Darkness-Falls\/book-GKjMIx8_ukKSW6IYji44lQ\/page1.html?s=IQmu-2l-Mk-VQUe-YIGZKg&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\">at Kobo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Bronwyn_Parry_As_Darkness_Falls?id=UNIqa3GPnIoC&amp;hl=en-GB\" target=\"_blank\">at Google Play<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Add As Darkness Falls on Goodreads:<\/h3>\n<div id=\"gr_add_to_books\">\n<div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_\"><a style=\"border: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/isbn_to_id\/0733623220\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/d16kthk4voxb3t.cloudfront.net\/images\/atmb_add_book-70x25.png?1328750225\" alt=\"As Darkness Falls\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- the identifier in the following script tag can be a GR book id or an isbn --><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/add_to_book_widget_frame\/0733623220?atmb_widget%5Bbutton%5D=atmb_widget_1.png\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Reviews:<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;an impressive debut&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThe Australian Women&#8217;s Weekly<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;the portrait of a small community slowly destroying itself is surprisingly powerful. This is a strong debut from an author who could be a future star of Australian romance.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nBeau Taylor, Australian Bookseller &amp; Publisher<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Parry\u2019s prose flows easily and both the suspense and the sexual tension between Isabelle and Goddard are maintained with poise.&#8221;<br \/>\nGeraldine O&#8217;Brien, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homehints.com.au\/books\/1381\/hint+tip\/as+darkness+falls\">Notebook Magazine<\/a> October 2008.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n&#8220;This is a fine debut novel from go to whoa, a desperate thriller that also works as a moving love story.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afterdarkmysweet.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/reading-notes-as-darkness-falls-by.html\">Crime Down Under<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Series note: As Darkness Falls is set in a small town called Dungirri, and is\u00a0chronologically\u00a0the first book in the\u00a0loosely-linked Dungirri series. 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