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The Dry

Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his hometown after an absence of over twenty years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life – a victim of the madness that has ravaged this community after more than a decade of drought. When Falk reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the crime, he opens up an old wound – the death of 17-year-old Ellie Deacon. Falk begins to suspect these two crimes, separated by decades, are connected. As he struggles to prove not only Luke’s innocence but also his own, Falk finds himself pitted against the prejudice towards him and pent-up rage of a terrified community.

See this Australian Crime Thriller in cinemas January 1!

Email The Lamp by 30 December to be in the draw to win one of 10 digital tickets to The Dry thanks to Roadshow. Email your name, membership number, address and telephone number to lamp@nswnma.asn.au for a chance to win!

Keeping Faith, Box Set 1-2

Award-winning actress Eve Myles (Torchwood, Broadchurch) reprises her iconic role as small-town lawyer Faith Howells in the Welsh mystery series that is “one of the most popular shows in Britain” (The New York Times).

Eighteen months ago, mother-of-three Faith had her cosy life thrown into chaos after the disappearance of her husband, Evan (Bradley Freegard, Doctors). Still striving to keep her family together, Faith must fulfil Evan’s debt to a vicious crime kingpin even as she fights her attraction to a former client (Mark Lewis Jones, Chernobyl). Then a local farmer is found dead, and his wife, Madlen (Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Detectorists), is arrested for his murder. Convinced of Madlen’s innocence, Faith decides to defend her, despite never having worked a homicide case before. But as Faith begins investigating the crime, she clashes with her own legal firm and a tenacious detective (Rhashan Stone, Agatha Raisin) determined to uncover her secrets.

In stores 2 December 2020.

Email The Lamp by 30 December to be in the draw to win one of five DVDs of Keeping Faith Box Set 1-2 thanks to Acorn Media. Email your name, membership number, address and telephone number to lamp@nswnma.asn.au for a chance to win!

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Estate Tuscany, The Mill & Brokenback Bar, Pokolbin Hill – Hunter Valley, NSW

Located in the Hunter Valley at Polkolbin, only a two- hour drive from Sydney. Estate Tuscany offers 4-star boutique accommodation set on 26 acres of lush, rolling countryside in the heart of Australia’s premium wine country.

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• Breakfast daily • Complimentary WiFi during stay • Late check out of 11am • Complimentary canapés in Brokenback Bar • $30 food credit each night in The Mill Restaurant • 30% off a Vineyard Shuttle Winery & Cellar Door Mini Bus Tour • Special offer: buy six bottles of wine and get one free at Allandale Winery

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