Two women. One remote island. A sea of secrets.
1895 – On Rookery Rock, a speck off Tasmania’s wild west coast, Edith Cane cares for her widowed father and younger sisters. But when a failed harvest, an anonymous note, and a savage storm strike in quick succession, her fragile world begins to unravel. Amid the chaos, can Edith keep her family safe — even if it means protecting them with a lie?
2024 – Felicity is stunned to discover she has inherited Rookery Rock along with two relatives she never knew existed. But the unexpected gift from Edith Cane comes with one surprising request: find my sister.
When Felicity travels to the windswept island, she’s drawn into a century-old mystery of love, loss, and loyalty. To uncover Edith’s truth, Felicity may have to face her own — and finally decide the life her heart has been longing for.
The House on Rookery Rock is a captivating dual‑timeline mystery about family, obligation, and the secrets we carry across generations.
Historical, Dual Timeline, Tasmania, Isolated Island, Family Secrets
About The Author
Originally from Tasmania, Madeleine D’Este now lives in inner-city Melbourne surrounded by books.
After studying law and seeing the world, now she writes speculative fiction and mysteries at night — female-led, of course.
In 2019, her supernatural mystery novel, The Flower and The Serpent, was nominated for the Australian Shadow Award’s Best Novel. Her Australian gothic novella, Radcliffe (Deadset Press), received a 2023 Aurealis Award nomination for Best Horror Novella.
When not writing, Madeleine enjoys podcasts, knitting, forteana, indie films, kettle bells and likes her coffee as ‘black as midnight on a moonless night.’
