The River Mouth
Author(s): Karen Herbert
Australian authors | West Australian authors
In a stunning debut that will keep you guessing till the last chapter, unhealed wounds are reopened when new DNA evidence gives a mother one last chance to discover the secret of her son's murder.
Fifteen-year-old Darren Davies is found facedown in the Weymouth River with a gunshot wound to his chest. The killer is never found. Ten years later, his mother receives a visit from the local police. Sandra's best friend has been found dead on a remote Pilbara road. And Barbara's DNA matches the DNA found under Darren's fingernails.
When the investigation into her son's murder is reopened, Sandra begins to question what she knew about her best friend. As she digs, she discovers that there are many secrets in her small town, and that her murdered son had secrets too.
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A work of suspenseful and graceful crime fiction. Karen Herbert, an exciting new West Australian author, delivers a thrilling pace between two timelines. The first takes place 10 years after a teenage boy is killed, when new evidence reopens the cold case. The second, centres around a few families in town in the days before that death. Herbert sets the scene in rural WA, immersing the reader in quintessential Australian landscapes and experiences.
This is a simmering mystery that leaves clues along the way for readers to collect. The final reveal is so satisfying thanks to how invested you become in the outcomes for the characters. Highly recommended for lovers of Jane Harper and Christian White and Dervla McTiernan.
- Jemma ☀️
General Fields
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- : Fremantle Press
- : Fremantle Press
- : 0.312
- : 01 April 2021
- : 1.9 Centimeters X 15.4 Centimeters X 23.1 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Karen Herbert
- : Paperback
- : 2110
- : English
- : 256
