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Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor

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thepagelady's review

4.0

When 12 year old Esther disappears on the way home from school her best friend Ronnie, is determined to find Esther. So when schoolfriend Lewis tells Ronnie that he saw Esther with a strange man at the creek the afternoon she went missing, Ronnie feels she is one step closer to finding her. But why won't Lewis speak to the police? And who else is lying?

This is a slow paced heartbreaking riveting story with great writing, realistic characters & entertaining plot! Dirt Creek is an isolated town that is hiding some dirty secrets. Multiple pov & the timeline changes with the pov but the reader gets a great understanding of what happened. Hayley Scrivenor's writing truly brings everything to life right before your eyes! Wonderful debut novel!

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mysterious tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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3.0

This is a story of a small-town girl in Australia who goes missing after school, and all the twists and turns of small-town people during the investigation of what happened. This has a lot of character development in learning about all the people/players in the town, which I like. You really get a good feel for each person and their lives/motives/involvement. However, I did feel that this was a bit of a slow burn for me, and it took me a bit to get through it. While I loved all the build-up and development, I felt that the story took a bit too long to get to the crux. I would have liked it to be more suspenseful and a faster pace.