Cabramatta, Australia. To be Dated– Acclaimed writer, speaker, teacher, and tour leader Walter Mason, best known for his book Living Buddha, Living Christ and former president of the NSW Dickens Society (2021), has announced the release of his highly anticipated new novel, Little Girl Beautiful.

Set against the hauntingly lush backdrop of a Queensland waterfall, Little Girl Beautiful is an atmospheric thriller that follows Sebastian Castorana as he searches for his missing daughter, Stella, while confronting the deep scars of his family’s tragic history. Aided by a loyal friend, an Indigenous tracker, and an insightful doctor from Sydney, Sebastian must navigate a landscape of buried secrets, cultural tension, and creeping dread in a race against time—or possibly fate.

Blending fast-paced suspense with profound emotional resonance, the book explores themes of trauma, legacy, and the resilience of love. When asked why he wrote the novel, Mason shared:

“I’ve always been fascinated by the way fear and memory shape us, especially in families. This story came from a feeling more than an idea—something about reckoning with the things we think we’ve buried. I wanted to explore how people survive the long echo of grief and whether love can still grow in that soil.”

Little Girl Beautiful will be available soon on Amazon.

About Walter Mason

Born in rural North Queensland in 1970, Walter Mason studied theatre and Chinese before working in bookselling and publishing. A frequent visitor to Vietnam, he authored Destination Saigon and Destination Cambodia. He lives in Cabramatta with his partner Thang Ngo and teaches writing, mindfulness, and literary history across Australia.

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