The Fairy Wren — Ashley Capes

The Fairy Wren is a contemporary fantasy set in Australia, where Paul, abookseller, must juggle attention from a strange bird, a shadybest friend, an Italian runaway and a missing ex-wife, all the whilestruggling to cling to a long-buried dream.

From the moment a fairy wren drops his lost wedding ring at his feet, Paulrealises there's more magic to the world than he thought...

When Paul Fischer receives a strange phone call asking for help, from awoman who might be his estranged wife Rachel, he's drawn into amysterious search that threatens not only his struggling bookstore, butlong-buried dreams too.

Unfortunately, the only help comes from ashady best friend, an Italian runaway and a strange blue fairy wren that seems to be trying to tell him something - yet the further he followsthe clues it leaves the less sense the world seems to make. Is he on the verge of a magical, beautiful discovery or at the point of totaldisaster?