Tim Ayliffe February 2026

Beaumaris Books
In association with Allen and Unwin
Proudly presents
TIM AYLIFFE 

Discussing his new book
DARK DESERT ROAD
With
SARAH BAILEY

When: Thursday 19th Feb 2026
Doors open 6.30pm
Individual plates of finger food from 7pm
In conversation begins 7.45pm

Where: GINGER FOX
23-25 South Concourse, Beaumaris

Cost: $45 includes admission, finger food
AND a copy of Dark Desert Road
Ticket only $22

Beverages at bar prices
**Tickets available on line**

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Phone: 0422 522 007

E-mail: events@beaumarisbooks.com.au

DARK DESERT ROAD - Family loyalty meets violent extremism in this gripping, high-stakes
crime thriller .'A cracking read, written with Ayliffe's signature flair and ability to reflect current fracture points into a gripping and propulsive story. A taut, urgent page-turner … fiction built on a terrifying and confronting reality.' Michael Brissenden

TIM AYLIFFE is an award-winning author whose thriller novels have been informed by his 25-year global career as a journalist. He writes about crime, espionage, extremism and the global power games at play in the 21st century. He has been the Managing Editor of Television and Video for ABC News and also Executive Producer of News Breakfast. He is the author of the John Bailey series including The Greater Good, State of Fear, The Enemy Within, Killer Traitor Spy - which won the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Danger Awards -and The Wrong Man. Tim's thrillers are also in development for TV.
He lives in Sydney.

SARAH BAILEY is a Melbourne-based writer with a background in advertising and communications. She has three sons and is currently the Managing Director of the Melbourne and Sydney offices of advertising agency VMLY&R. Her internationally award winning Gemma Woodstock series includes The Dark Lake, published in 2017 and winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction and the Davitt Award for Best Debut, followed by Into the Night in 2018, and Where the Dead Go in 2019. Body of Lies is the fourth book in the series.

Her new crime thriller ‘Click’ comes out on 31st March. PRE-ORDER NOW!