The Orphans

Fiona McIntosh

Mar 2026 · Bolinda · Narrated by Ainslie McGlynn

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Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife, and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male-dominated funeral industry. Raised in the outback of South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer. A chance encounter between the two children will change the course of their lives. By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family's business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone. When Tom emerges from the isolation of the desert to find new work at the port woolstores, his path crosses with Fleur's again – only to be caught up in a murder investigation, in which they can only trust each other.

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Fiona McIntosh is an internationally bestselling author of novels for adults and children. She has sold well beyond a million books around the world in a variety of genres ranging from adult fantasy to children’s novels. However she is best known for her lush, bestselling historical adventures and for her tense crime series featuring Jack Hawksworth. McIntosh was formerly a travel columnist and co-founded an award-winning travel magazine with her husband, which they ran for 15 years before she became a full-time author. She now roams the world researching and drawing inspiration for her novels. Although South Australia is now home, her best writing is done from the peace of Tasmania.

Ainslie is an Actors Centre graduate whose work spans over film, theatre, television, as well as the commerical and corporate space. Ainslie appeared on Foxtel’s Mr Inbetween, and Channel Nine’s Amazing Grace and Doctor Doctor. In 2018 Ainslie picked up two awards for Best Supporting Actress in a feature film for her work in Zelos at the Nice International Independent film awards and the Southern States IndiFanFilmFest awards in Mississippi. Her recent theatre credits include Trevor for multi-award-winning theatre company, Out House Theatre Company, and You Got Older, for Mad March Hare Theatre Company.

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