Matthew Ryan Davies is a freelance copywriter and editor, mostly for the healthcare sector. In 2019 and 2020 he worked with the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System to deliver its interim and final reports.

Matthew is also the author of the young adult novel This Thing of Darkness, which was highly commended in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two grown children.

Find out more about Matthew and his work at www.matthewryandavies.com.

Three siblings discover the cost of unspoken truths when old wounds and long-buried family secrets are finally dragged to the surface.