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Before the Storm

By: Di Morrissey
Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
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From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel The Endless Sky coming December 2025.

Face her demons? Or run?

After being double-crossed by a devious colleague, career woman Ellie Conlan quits her job on principle. With no idea what to do next, she retreats to Storm Harbour, an idyllic Victorian beach town.

Ellie's grandfather runs The Storm Harbour Chronicle, the trusted local newspaper. As Ellie is drawn into a story about a development which could split the coastal community - and involves her with the influential O'Neill family - an event she has long suppressed threatens to overwhelm her.

Dark clouds gather as rumours fly and tensions mount. And when a violent storm breaks and rages, Ellie will finally have to confront her past.

©2020 Di Morrissey (P)2020 Macmillan Australia Audio Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Crime

Critic Reviews

'There's no denying the beauty and opulence of Morrissey's rendering of place . . . She is a master of the genre.' Weekend Australian

'a gripping, twisting yarn' Australian Women's Weekly
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was an awesome read. listened thru Audible while riding my cruiser bike up and down the Qld coastal highway

my view

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i loved it
like all her other books this was an enjoyable one
great author

great as usual

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thus is ych a great read live the fact that is was by the sea.

awesome great story

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this could be any regional town in australia the many ways family and friends interact

so enjoyed another good Australian story

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Listened to it intently the whole day whilst I worked inside and outside the house

Engaging story.

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Jennifer Vuletic is the best female narrator in Australia and she did Di Morrissey’s novel proud. Brilliantly executed characters and the depiction of a small country newsroom and its importance in the community rang true for me as I worked in one decades ago! A great yarn that felt believable.

Gripping true to life tale

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So disappointed that the author of much loved ‘Tears of the moon’ wrote this story. The characters were wooden, patronisingly smarmy and condescending. Better luck next book.

Sanctimonious & Patronising

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Slow to start, storyline a bit corny in places and almost childish in places.
Very disappointed.
I do not recommend.

Not her usual standard

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.