Ben’s Book Club

Sunshine Coast Libraries are excited to participate in Together We Read for this months online event, hosted by Ben Hobson best-selling author of Snake Island.

Join author Sarah Bailey to discuss her wonderful new novel ‘Body of Lies’ and this year’s chosen title for the Together We Read book club.

This event will be via Zoom and during this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the author, and enjoy a bookish discussion. Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club – hosted by Ben Hobson – brought to you via Libby, the library reading app.

Date and time	Registration
Tuesday 3 September, 7.30-8.30pm (AEST)	Together we read featuring Sarah Bailey A Zoom link will be sent via email upon registering

About the book

A car crash victim clings to life and is rushed to hospital but can't be saved. Hours later, her corpse is stolen from the morgue. No one knows who the dead woman was or why her body was taken. Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is back in her hometown of Smithson on maternity leave when the bizarre incident occurs. She is intrigued by the case but reluctant to get involved, despite the urging of her journalist friend Candy Fyfe. But in the days after the body goes missing, the town is rocked by another shocking crime and Gemma can't resist joining the investigation. Candy and Gemma follow the clues the dead woman left behind. As they attempt to discover the identity of the missing woman, Gemma uncovers devastating secrets about the people she thought she knew best. The closer Gemma gets to the truth, the more danger she is in. She desperately needs to confide in someone—but is there anyone she can trust?

About the author

Sarah is a Melbourne based author who has written five novels all the while balancing motherhood of three boys and being the highly successful Managing Director of a successful Advertising firm – talk about a balancing act! Her internationally award-winning Gemma Woodstock series includes The Dark Lake, published in 2017, Into the Night in 2018, and Where the Dead Go in 2019.

Ben Hobson

Ben Hobson is a teacher, and an author, based in Brisbane. To Become a Whale, his debut novel, was released in 2017. It was longlisted for the ABIA Debut Fiction award and shortlisted for the Courier-Mail's People's Choice Award. His second novel, Snake Island, a literary thriller, was released in 2019. The Death of John Lacey, released in February 2023, is his third novel.