Join Toowoomba author Nikki Mottram at the Gatton Library for an in-conversation event with Edwina Shaw discussing Nikki’s upcoming novel, ‘Helidon’.

Child protection worker Dana Gibson is called to attend a fatal shooting at the pub in Helidon where a bikie gang war has exploded. Nineteen-year-old Savannah and her younger sister, Maddie, have been caught in the crossfire, and the rural town finds itself divided between two cultures – the commune on the edge of town where Savannah’s family live and an outlaw motorcycle gang.

As Savannah clings to life, Dana uncovers corruption that runs rivulets through the small town, eroding the community’s trust in law enforcement. When Maddie, the primary witness to the shooting, goes missing and Helidon is at the mercy of surrounding bushfires, Dana must expose the truth and find Maddie before it's too late.

Rife with suspense and intrigue, Helidon, the third instalment of the Dana Gibson series, is an addictive page-turner.

About the Author:

Nikki Mottram writes crime fiction and has a background in child protection. She has a psychology degree from The University of Queensland and has worked in London and Australia in positions protecting and promoting the welfare of children at risk of harm.

She has been published in the Boroondara Literary Awards anthology and shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize and the Hal Porter Short Story Competition. In 2018, she was the recipient of a Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre Fellowship.

She grew up and resides in Toowoomba, and brings to her work an understanding of rural communities.

Helidon joins Crows Nest and Killarney in the bestselling Dana Gibson series.

Books will be available to purchase thanks to The Book Tree.

Bookings required, $5 per person, light refreshments provided.