Deb McGowan, PRH’s Tasmanian sales rep, for being a champion for this book. Thanks for all the support and encouragement, even without the family connection (still spins me out that you were Mum’s bridesmaid).

Rebecca Thomson, my first ever proofreader, who went above and beyond as the perfect reader, reviewer, critic and encourager.

Jaime Collins, of the Nash Agency, who helped me crack the psychology of suspense and took this book to the next level.

All my proofreaders, great and small, I’m so grateful for all your support and time for The Bluffs. You are numerous and multifaceted, and I hope you know that there are little pieces of all of you in this novel.

The Penguin Random House Australia team, who privileged me with much support, above and beyond. I take none of you for granted and honour every one of you. It’s good to be alive and to be part of this PRH tribe.

And lastly, to my family. For the love and care that has allowed me to flourish, for never doubting I’d get here, and for not being surprised now that I have.

About the Author

Kyle Perry is a counsellor and youth worker who has worked extensively in high schools, youth shelters and drug rehabs. Kyle’s mother grew up in the foothills of the Great Western Tiers, in Tasmania’s heartland, where his grandfather was called on for search-and-rescues in the mountains. Kyle himself has been lost in Tasmanian mountains twice, and once used pages ripped out of a journal to find his way back out. He has seen strange things in the bush that defy explanation and are best not spoken about. Kyle divides his time between his small country home town in North West Tasmania and Hobart. The Bluffs is his debut novel.

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