The Herald

About the Book

On the 6^th  day of March, 1987, the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge, Belgium.

Eight passengers are either not on the manifest, or not travelling under their own names.:

Derek and Caroline – Derek needs to provide an alibi for his brother, who is up on a murder charge.

Two members of the DEVRIX family, wealthy hoteliers.

Two Dutch girls who are in trouble and need to get out of Belgium – fast.

Two young German men who are being paid to deliver a ‘package’ to London.

Those who survive the disaster find their lives irrevocably changed.

About the Author

Kathryn Collis’s working background includes 19 years in banking and 19 years in librarianship. She has also worked as a newspaper editor.

Kathryn has tertiary library and management qualifications.

She has previously compiled a history of Caboolture, Queensland, in the 1970s. The website can be found at www.caboolturehistory-70s.net.au

Siblings is her second novel. Her first, Priscilla: a tale of survival, was published in 2011.

Kathryn lives on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.