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WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
MICHAEL ROBOTHAM, HACHETTE AUSTRALIA, $32.99
Before he became a hugely successful crime writer, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist reporting on many psychologically driven crimes. When She Was Good is the second novel featuring forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven and his client, who, in the absence of any information about her family or background, has been given the name of Evie Cormac. Six years previously, Evie was found hiding in a secret room in a house where a brutal murder had occurred. In this novel, Cyrus tracks down Sacha Hopewell, who was a young police constable when she found Evie in hiding, and together they attempt to get to the bottom of her story. Unsurprisingly,
