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A review by helenfarch
Wild Place by Christian White
4.0
Wild Place by Christian White is certainly a deceptively wild ride.
Set on the Morning Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in the summer of 1989, this gripping mystery is set in an idyllic suburban neighbourhood where children are free to roam the small patch of nature called the Wild Place.
Local high school English teacher Tom Witter is mourning his eldest son moving out of home and avoiding making his way though the list of jobs his wife has made for him to do on his summer holidays.
When his ex-student Tracie goes missing, and the police are convinced she has runaway, he begins to investigate her disappearance.
Suspicion falls on the son of Tom's next-door neighbour, Sean. With his goth looks and reclusive ways, Sean stands out in this white bread neighbourhood, and Tom is convinced Sean knows more about Tracie than he is admitting.
But everyone is lying., everyone is hiding secrets and this page turning, slow-burn thriller builds up to a climax that I definitely did not see coming.
Highly recommended for lovers of crime and mystery stories.
Thanks to NetGalley and Affirm Press for the advance reader's copy of this book.
Set on the Morning Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in the summer of 1989, this gripping mystery is set in an idyllic suburban neighbourhood where children are free to roam the small patch of nature called the Wild Place.
Local high school English teacher Tom Witter is mourning his eldest son moving out of home and avoiding making his way though the list of jobs his wife has made for him to do on his summer holidays.
When his ex-student Tracie goes missing, and the police are convinced she has runaway, he begins to investigate her disappearance.
Suspicion falls on the son of Tom's next-door neighbour, Sean. With his goth looks and reclusive ways, Sean stands out in this white bread neighbourhood, and Tom is convinced Sean knows more about Tracie than he is admitting.
But everyone is lying., everyone is hiding secrets and this page turning, slow-burn thriller builds up to a climax that I definitely did not see coming.
Highly recommended for lovers of crime and mystery stories.
Thanks to NetGalley and Affirm Press for the advance reader's copy of this book.