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The powerful Australian story of the strength and courage of a young woman in her struggle to survive in a world controlled by violent men.

Mary was an innocent 15 year old when she lost her parents, and the lawyer Drake seized his opportunity. The girl was worth a fortune to him, and through his ruthless manipulation she was soon lost in his sleazy little business.

Marys new nightmarish life is totally foreign to her, a world of the night filled with danger and fear and doubt.

But Drake has made a mistake. The girl he thinks he can control will grow into a powerful woman, her intellect as great as his own.

And the man has tragic secrets that, if exposed, would tear his life to pieces.

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This is a vivid and powerful Australian drama/thriller set in the 1880s.

A teenage girl from a good family is ensnared by a corrupt and ruthless lawyer and forced to live in his sordid little brothel on the outskirts of the rural gold-mining town of Gympie.

The town is beginning to grow, and the lawyer expects his business to boom, but he knows the task is beyond German Anna, his ageing brothel madam.

German Anna takes the girl under her wing to train her in the operation of the brothel, and Mary struggles to overcome her fear and distaste for the life she is being forced to live.

It is a lonely life for Mary, but as she becomes stronger and more confident, it becomes evident that the lawyer has badly underestimated her intelligence.

As the business expands, she employs a quiet, stoic ex-soldier to protect her, but as much as she needs to trust him, she discovers he owes his allegiance to the lawyer.

Her brief love affair with a mysterious American on the run prepares her for the long and arduous trip to Brisbane on business. But the road is dangerous and she has been betrayed, and is forced to fight to survive in a battle that will make her a household name across the country.

Her driving ambition to better herself sets the scene for a major confrontation with the lawyer. Her struggle to free herself from his controlling grip will put her own sanity at risk, but will ultimately expose a secret that will bring about the lawyers own destruction.

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Written by a retired Police Officer, his chance encounter in 1975 with an extraordinary woman calling herself German Anna placed the writer of this powerful book on a path that would ultimately prompt him four decades later to create a story that would mirror her real life. Set in the 1880s, the novel does not conform to the usual story templates, and spans several literary genres. Yet the story of German Anna and Mary is timeless, capturing the heart and the imagination in a way that only stories based on real people can.

German Anna taught Mary how to make money, but Matt taught her how to kill.

Mary was fifteen years old when she fell under the control of the ruthless lawyer who has plans for her.

But he miscalculated. The girl he thinks he can control will grow into a powerful woman, her intellect as great as his own.

In her loyalty to her new-found friends, Mary takes on the task appointed to her, but violence is unavoidable, love elusive and fame unexpected as she establishes a name for herself that will span the globe.

Feeling totally alone, she gives her love to a fascinating and mysterious man American knows will break her heart. But it is this mans love and support that prepares her for a battle that lies ahead, a battle that will either establish her name in history forever, or end in her violent death.

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Set in the 1880s, the novel does not conform to the usual story templates, and spans several literary genres. The story of German Anna and Mary is timeless, capturing the heart and imagination in a way that only stories based on real people can. Mary and the two men she loved are the only fictional characters in the book. The other characters represent people who the author met, and on occasion arrested, during his Police career.

The story is set in an earlier time and away from the metropolitan area to avoid conflict with corrupt detectives who resent the author for the action he took against them.

German Anna taught Mary how to make money, but Matt taught her how to kill.

Mary was fifteen years old when she fell under the control of the ruthless lawyer who had secret plans for her.

But he miscalculated. The girl he thinks he can control will grow into a powerful woman, her intellect as great as his own.

Feeling totally alone, she gives her love to a fascinating and mysterious American who she knows will break her heart. But it is this mans love and support that prepares her for a battle that lies ahead, a battle that will either establish her name in history forever, or end in her violent death.

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Alan Parker