AUTHOR / FILMMAKER
Don't Say His Name
Out August 2025
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Don’t say his name
Don’t say it thrice
What happens next
It won’t be nice
Tall Harry
Tall Harry
Tall Harry.
When Detective Stayer takes a job in the idyllic Australian beach town of Thoorgala, he hopes it will offer a chance to reconnect with his sister, Ruby, who he hasn’t spoken to in almost a decade.
As local women are found murdered on the sand dunes, marked with a peculiar symbol, locals begin blaming Tall Harry, a shadowy urban legend, as the culprit. And when Stayer’s sister Ruby also goes missing, Stayer finds himself reluctantly teaming up with Sister Catherine Kelley, a woman steeped in the town’s folklore to help solve the crime. Digging deeper, the detective and nun discover Ruby may be harbouring secrets of her own.
As the investigation intensifies, Stayer must confront the dark side of picturesque Thoorgala before this folkloric figure exacts any more of its promised revenge ...
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Rachel Givney
Author / Filmmaker
Rachel Givney is a writer & filmmaker originally from Sydney, Australia.
Givney has worked for many of Australia’s most beloved and critically acclaimed shows including Offspring, McLeod’s Daughters, All Saints and The Warriors.
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Her short films have been official selections at Tropfest, Flickerfest and the Sydney Film Festival.
Her debut novel Jane in Love, received a starred review from Booklist and was shortlisted for the Virginia Prize. It has been published in 14 countries and translated into ten languages so far. Film rights have been optioned by DiNovi pictures, the producers of Little Women.
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Her second novel, Secrets My Father Kept, was released to critical acclaim in 2021.
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Don’t Say His Name is her third novel, it will publish in August 2025.
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