Overview
"Politically savvy, cleverly plotted...the kind of book that invites the ravenous language of binge reading: compulsive, propulsive, addictive."--New York Times Book Review
For fans of Jane Harperās The Dry or Gillian Flynnās Sharp Objects, a searing debut crime novel set in the Australian outback, where the grief and guilt surrounding an unsolved disappearance still haunt a small farming communityā¦and will ultimately lead to a reckoning.
The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving center of stockyards and sheep stations, years of punishing drought have petrified the land and Nannine has been whittled down to no more than a stoplight, a couple bars, and a police station.Ā And it has another, more sinister claim to fame: the still-unsolved disappearance of young Evelyn McCreery nineteen years ago.
Mina McCreeryās life has been defined by the intense public interest in her sisterās caseāwhich is still a hot topic in true-crime chat rooms and on social media. Now an anxious and reclusive adult, Mina lives alone on her familyās sunbaked destocked sheep farm.
Enter Lane Holland, a young private investigator who dropped out of the police academy to earn a living cracking cold cases. Before she died, Minaās mother funded a million-dollar reward for anyone who could explain how Evelyn vanished from her bed in the familyās farmhouse. The lure of cash has only increased public obsession with Evelyn and Minaābut yielded no answers.
Lane wins Minaās trust when some of his more unconventional methods show promise. But Lane also has darker motivations, and his obsession with the search will ultimately risk both their livesāand yield shocking results.
Compulsively readable, with an unforgettable setting and cast of characters,Ā WAKEĀ is a powerful, unsparing story of how trauma ripples outward when peopleās private tragedies become public property, and how itās never too late for the truth to come out.
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