Lottie Fairchild has two loves: history and, well, history. Shes fascinated by the legends of love and curses handed down through her family.
Owner of a little antique shop in small country town Banalla, Lottie is on the committee that is about to launch a new festival celebrating local history, including gentleman bushranger Jack McNally.
Altogether, Lottie feels happy. Mostly. But when festival guest speaker Professor Damian Loxley roars into town a week early, Lottie is caught off guard.
As a professor of history and an author, Damian arrives keen to research Jack McNally and a historic cold case: the mysterious disappearance of a colonial lady in essence the search for a needle in a haystack. Then he meets Lottie Fairchild the perfect local guide.
