Jon Cleary

Joe Brennan is an ordinary man, all he wants is to make some money and marry his girlfriend. But when he accidentally kills a man, he has to make a terrible choice—confess or hide the body? An award-winning crime novel set in Sydney's beachside suburb of Coogee.

First published in 1950, Just Let Me Be, Jon Cleary's third novel, was awarded the ALS Gold Medal that same year, edited and serialised in the Australian Women's Weekly