The Fragments. Toni Jordan. 2018.

When the beautiful, reclusive Ingalls Karlson died in a fire in New York in 1939, she left behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book and a mystery that has captivated generations of fans.

Nearly half a century later one of those fans, Brisbane bookseller Caddie Walker, is waiting in line for an exhibition. The famous Karlson fragments are in town. For Caddie, this is the biggest thing ever to hit Brisbane. But it’s a chance encounter in the queue - a conversation with a stranger - that will change her life. Incredibly, it seems someone in this overgrown country town knows something new about the fragments.

Caddie is electrified, jolted from her sleepy, no-worries life, she is driven to find the clues that will unlock the greatest literary mystery of the twentieth century.