When The Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2025
Edition: First Edition

Description: 380 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: She wasnt the first and she wouldnt be the last; swallowed into the deep, dark recesses of the King Country bush, never to be seen again.Its January 1983. During his university summer break, Ryan Bradley returns to the remote town of Nashville in New Zealands rugged King Country.Its a bittersweet hes working long, punishing hours as a woolpresser, he needs to sell his late mothers house, and hes increasingly feeling like an outcast in his childhood town.But mostly hes haunted by memories of Sanna Sovernen, a Finnish backpacker and his secret lover, who worked with him in the shearing shed the summer before - then vanished without trace.Now Sannas sister Emilia has arrived from Finland, determined to get answers - and as hes the workmate who reported Sanna missing, she wants Ryans help. Because Emilia knows her sister was not the first female traveller in the area to disappear . . .The stunning King Country landscape and scenery imbue the story with a real atmospheric sense of place. Fans of Chris Hammer, J P Pomare and Alan Carter will enjoy this gripping debut. Books + PublishingA deftly wrought novel, compelling and complex. I loved it. MARGARET HICKEYA gripping murder mystery set in 1980s small-town New Zealand, capturing the stifling atmosphere of a community steeped in secrets. With relentless suspense and a rich cast of characters, this impressive debut keeps the reader guessing to the very end. ROSE CARLYLE

ISBN: 9781761349287