Author talk: Dr Karen Thurecht
Thursday 02 April 2026, 12:00am - 01:00am
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Event Type: Author talks and book launches,Classes and workshops,Free
Suburb: Victoria Point
Age range: Young adults (18-30),Adults (30+),Seniors
Come have a cuppa with the local queen of mystery, Dr Karen Thurecht, author of the popular crime novels set in 1880s Queensland: The Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries. She’ll be discussing her latest, The Body on Hamilton Reach, set in a location quite familiar to this Brisbane author who lives in Hamilton herself!
Free event. Bookings required.
Reserve your copy.
About the book:
The Body on Hamilton Reach is Book 6 in the Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries.
It’s 1889 Brisbane and Dr Hamish Hart and Dr Rita Cartwright attend the inaugural exhibition of the Queensland Arts Society where they encounter the enigmatic Countess Isabella de la Vega. But the evening takes a dark turn when one of the exhibits is stolen and the artist is found dead on the mudflats of Hamilton Reach. Can the duo unravel the murder before the lives of everyone involved begin to unravel?
About the author:
Dr Karen Thurecht has a PhD in medical anthropology and a lifelong interest in cultural belief systems relating to health and medicine. Karen has taught cultural history at the University of Queensland Medical School and Griffith University and supervised Masters and PhD students in Public Health across the country.
Karen lives by the river in Hamilton, Brisbane, with her husband and writes the popular murder mystery series set in Queensland in the 1880’s: The Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries.
Suburb: Victoria Point
Age range: Young adults (18-30),Adults (30+),Seniors
Come have a cuppa with the local queen of mystery, Dr Karen Thurecht, author of the popular crime novels set in 1880s Queensland: The Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries. She’ll be discussing her latest, The Body on Hamilton Reach, set in a location quite familiar to this Brisbane author who lives in Hamilton herself!
Free event. Bookings required.
Reserve your copy.
About the book:
The Body on Hamilton Reach is Book 6 in the Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries.
It’s 1889 Brisbane and Dr Hamish Hart and Dr Rita Cartwright attend the inaugural exhibition of the Queensland Arts Society where they encounter the enigmatic Countess Isabella de la Vega. But the evening takes a dark turn when one of the exhibits is stolen and the artist is found dead on the mudflats of Hamilton Reach. Can the duo unravel the murder before the lives of everyone involved begin to unravel?
About the author:
Dr Karen Thurecht has a PhD in medical anthropology and a lifelong interest in cultural belief systems relating to health and medicine. Karen has taught cultural history at the University of Queensland Medical School and Griffith University and supervised Masters and PhD students in Public Health across the country.
Karen lives by the river in Hamilton, Brisbane, with her husband and writes the popular murder mystery series set in Queensland in the 1880’s: The Dr Hamish Hart Mysteries.
Location Victoria Point Library
