TY  - BOOK
AU  - Challinor,Deborah
TI  - The silk thief
T2  - Convict girls ; 
SN  - 9780732296773 :
U1  - A823.3 23
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Women convicts
KW  - Australia
KW  - New South Wales
KW  - History
KW  - 1788-1851
N1  - The first two books in this series are 'Behind the Sun' and 'Girl of Shadows'
N2  -  1830s Sydney Town - with its bar brawls, blackmail, friendship, romance, tattoos, gin and much more - is brought vividly to life as fiesty prostitute Friday, naive seamstress Harrie and cunning thief Sarah try to make their way as transported convict women. 1831: Assigned to a good family in Sydney Town and now learning the art of tattoo, convict girl Harrie Clarke is still haunted by the horror of the brutal murder she and friends Friday Woolfe and Sarah Morgan committed the previous year. Powerful and vindictive criminal Bella Jackson continues to demand money in exchange for her silence regarding their crime. And just when it seems that Harrie and her fervent and long-time admirer James Downey might finally be united, an act of pure nastiness severely threatens their chances - and Harrie's life. When things go from bad to much, much worse for Harrie, everyone who loves her must do their utmost to save her. But Friday, in love at last, is battling demons of her own, and Sarah is forced to lie low for fear of attracting the attention of the police. Who will be the one to rescue Harrie?
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