The Whispering

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 357 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. An Incredible Dark Australian Crime Mystery Thriller Debut And Winner Of The Banjo Prize 2021, For Readers Of Patricia Wolf, Garry Disher And Hayley Scrivenor.

Publishers Description: The whispering wild will take your child if you dare to look away ...The stunning Aussie crime debut from the winner of the 2021 Banjo Prize for Fiction. Callum Haffenden swore hed never return to Granite Creek. But, thirty years after a life-shattering accident, hes thrust back into the clutches of Far North Queensland and a local legend he worked hard to forget.When a man goes missing in the rainforest, the past begins to resurface, breathing new life into memories of previous tragedies - two girls lost, seventeen years apart. In a town where its easiest to turn a blind eye, the guilt runs deep and everyone in Granite Creek has something to hide.In his search for answers, Callum fights to keep his feet firmly on the trail as he battles the deafening call of the rainforest burrowing into his ears. After all, everyone knows that the worst things in the rainforest are those unseen.The Whispering has everything weve come to expect from Australian rural noir in the way of climate and landscape, characters, hidden truths, and unpredictable plotting. Lando has cleverly woven an intricate and multi-layered story into a gripping mystery told with skill - and a good dose of obligatory treachery! I devoured it. Lyn Yeowart, author of The Silent ListenerSmall town secrets and decades-old animosities weave together in this atmospheric, eerie mystery set in the dense tropical north, where everyone has something to hide and the dank wet rainforest can lure away the unwary. A dark, absorbing, tangled mystery that had me second-guessing right to the end. Dinuka McKenzie, author of The Torrent

ISBN: 9781460762158