Fleeing her family home, 19-year-old Mary Oxnam has few prospects and no connections. Plain and penniless, she must rely on her wit and intelligence to survive. Mary soon finds work as a pianist in a Cooktown brothel. The job serves as a front for her more lucrative side career as a spy in various smuggling operations.
Within a year she has moved to Lizard Island, locked into a marriage of convenience with a fisherman. It's a rough, isolated place, rife with hidden enemies - and unexpected temptation.
A suspenseful story of peril and intrigue, with a heady combination of wild beauty and foreboding. – HarperCollinsPublishers.
CITATION: Johnson, Judy. The secret fate of Mary Watson. Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2011.
By the winner of a Victorian Premier's Literary Award, 2007 (for Jack).
Available in CD audiobook, braille & kindle ebook.
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