Three women go rock climbing in Australia's Blue Mountains, but only two come back. Finn grieves her girlfriend, Magdu, whose fall echoes the death of Finn's younger sister years before, while her longtime friend Daphne draws her into a manipulative relationship that turns her against Magdu's family. As Senior Constable Dale Gosling investigates, the story moves across several timelines, exploring trust, betrayal, coercive control, identity and sexuality.
Details
| ISBN | 9781760987206 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 2024 |
| Publication Date | July 30, 2024 |
| Publisher | Macmillan Australia |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 350 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Finalist, 2026 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Mystery. First edition: Macmillan (Pan Macmillan Australia), 2024. First US edition: Flatiron Books, March 2025, hardcover, ISBN 9781250362179. Australian Pan paperback ISBN 9781761566868 (2025-05-27). Second novel. |
| Rating | Good |
| Genre | Crime; Intrigue/Thriller |
| Subject | Blue Mountains (N.S.W.); Coercive control; Grief; Lesbian fiction; Lesbians -- Fiction; Murder -- Fiction; New South Wales -- Fiction; Rock climbing -- Fiction; Thrillers (Fiction) |