# Straya Outback Publishing

> Author Imprint for R. Bownds Australian Crime Thriller novelist


## Posts

- [Outback Floods](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/outback-floods/): The recent floods through the outback of South Australia reminded me of several incidents back when we trapped rabbits in the 60s. This is one of those times.
- [Christmas](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/christmas/): When I was a child there were three important days at the end of the year and beginning of the next. Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
- [The White Elephant Dam](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/the-white-elephant-dam/): Back many years ago when my family travelled Australia like gypsies or as my mother preferred wandering stars, we would often camp near a large dam west of Norseman in Western Australia.
- [The Wild Colonial Boy](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/the-wild-colonial-boy/): Back when I was a kid I loved nothing more than to sit beside my father and listen to the stories he told. Were they true or false?
- [Harvest Time and Wheat Bags](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/harvest-time-and-wheat-bags/): Back when I was a child some farmers still harvested the wheat using a harvester towed behind a tractor.
- [Mallee Stumps](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/mallee-stumps/): Other than trapping rabbits and mining my father tried his hand at farming usually buying bush blocks that needed clearing.

## Pages

- [The Devil's Revenge](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/the_devils_revenge/): Some men hide in plain sight. That's what makes them dangerous.
- [Buy Direct](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/buy-direct/)
- [The Lion's Den](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/the-lions-den/): In the remote Australian outback of north-west Victoria, a farmer dies confronting a predator stalking his livestock.
- [Skeletons In The Closet](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/skeletons-in-the-closet/): Two Skeletons. A 57 yr old Double Murder. An Abandoned Farmhouse. A Race Against Age.
- [Enter The Devil](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/enter-the-devil/): Three bodies, three suspects, one frightened town.
- [Scenes & Chapters](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/freebies-2/scenes-chapters/): I cut this scene from The Lion's Den during editing to reduce word count.
- [Freebies](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/freebies-2/): Here from time to time you'll find free books, short stories, scenes and chapters from my novels.
- [Free Books](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/freebies-2/freebies/): Ever wondered about Detective Bannon's tracking skills? This short story will help to solve the mystery.
- [Memoirs](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/our-author/memoirs/)
- [A Weekend At Joe's](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/books/the-mara-mysteries-series/freebies/): In between Skeletons in The Closet and The Lion’s Den is this little gem. Joe’s much anticipated do.
- [Betrayal In The Dust](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/books/betrayal-in-the-dust/): When ex-detective Jack Smith discovers the body of missing backpacker Grace Wilson during a hunting trip, he faces an impossible choice: walk away and return to his quiet exile, or risk everything to uncover the truth behind her death.
- [Books](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/books/)
- [My account](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/my-account/)
- [Our Author](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/our-author/): Born in Albany, Western Australia, R. Bownds has been exploring her passion for writing since childhood, creating short stories, comics, poetry, and songs.
- [The Mara Mysteries Series](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/books/the-mara-mysteries-series/)
- [About](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/about/): Straya Outback Publishing is an independently owned private book publishing imprint based in Australia, dedicated to bringing unique stories to life.
- [Home](https://strayaoutbackpublishing.com/): Some men hide in plain sight. That’s what makes them dangerous.
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