The past always comes knocking. This time it may beat down the door.
An intense and gripping Australian crime noir based on true events, After the Beach is a much anticipated sequel to The Memory of the Beach. A page-turning thriller by G R Armstrong.
G R Armstrong has been a writer all his life but The Memory of the Beach would be considered his debut novel. Born in Canada to a Canadian mother and an Australian father he has lived most of his life in Australia. After leaving Adelaide in the 90's to live in Sydney to follow his rock and roll dreams he returned in the early 2000's to be near his family. From Sydney he toured in bands throughout the world and appeared on over twenty albums with various rock bands, none of whom were particularly successful. Writing is now his passion. His latest novel comes out November 2026, After the Beach.
About the Beach Crime Series
G R Armstrong's latest Australian noir series, Beach Crime, including The Memory of the Beachand After the Beach is gaining ground in Canada and Germany. Evidenced by Jane Harper, Garry Disher and Chris Hammer, Aussie noir has taken over as the most popular in crime/thriller genre over the past few years.
But The Memory Of The Beach is also close to home, as it is set in the beach sides of Glenelg and Brighton, and focused on the mysterious and infamous disappearance of the three Beaumont Children 40 years ago. With new evidence and discoveries, The Memory Of The Beach goes to places that the police never did back in the 60's, and aims to provide new theories and possible answers to the disappearance. The sequel, After the Beach fictionalises another mysterious disappearance in Adelaide; this time of the two children who went missing at a crowded AFL stadium with no eye-witnesses.
Locally, the ABC and Sunday Mail are interested in the theories behind the fictional tale. Channel 7 is about to do a Hunter special on the subject.
G R Armstrong has been a writer all his life but The Memory of the Beach would be considered his debut novel. Born in Canada to a Canadian mother and an Australian father he has lived most of his life in Australia. After leaving Adelaide in the 90's to live in Sydney to follow his rock and roll...
At twelve years of age, Eric Donahue saw the monster who stole the children but spent his life being disregarded. Forty years later, Eric is drawn back to the beach and the mysterious tragedy of that day. Following the signs that only he sees, the beach beckons him to...
