- Read as an e-book on my Kindle (Amazon_au)
- ASIN : B0FDQ5LNDS
- Publisher : Macmillan Australia, Publication date : 14 October 2025
- Print length : 372 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-1761774676
Synopsis (Amazon_au)
He had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone.
In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his 21st birthday.
But Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. One set in. One set out.
Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam's disappearance. The skeletal community is now an echo of itself, having fractured under the pressure of the coal mine operating on its outskirts.
But Ro still wants answers. Only a few people remain. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them?
My Take
A very different story from an accomplished author. A slower read than previous novels but the puzzles are there to be solved. The description of the dying town is well done.
Sam Crowley disappeared on his 21st birthday in the dying rural town of Carralon Ridge, with no clues about what happened to him. His disappearance closely followed an unexpected suicide but were the two connected?
The resolution is a surprise.
My rating: 4.8
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