COMP CLOSED ‘Platform Seven’ by Louise Doughty

“Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months – surely they're connected?…”

This week’s giveaway is a powerful new thriller from bestselling author of Apple Tree Yard, Louise Doughty. The novel is called Platform Seven and it goes a little something like this…

Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic – he's as far away from the night staff as he can get.

What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge.

Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months – surely they're connected? No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die…

Whoa – bam! That’s a killer blow (pardon the pun) right there to round off the synopsis. So, if you’d like to win yourself one of the three copies, simply tell us something unique that has happened to you at either at a train station or on a train (hopefully it’s not dying!). Funny, serious, whatever you want – and our three favourite train stories will win a copy!

Entries close midday Monday 17 February, Sydney/Melbourne time.

GOOD LUCK!

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR YOUR ENTRIES! WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND ANNOUNCED IN OUR NEWSLETTER.

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