The silent listener / Lyn Yeowart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeowart, Lyn, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country life--Fiction.

Country life.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Missing children--Fiction.

Missing children.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--Fiction.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation).

Australian fiction.

Murder--Investigation.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

474 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021.

Summary:

"In the cold, wet summer of 1960, 11-year-old Joy Henderson lives in constant fear of her father. She tries to make him happy but, as he keeps reminding her, she is nothing but a filthy sinner destined for Hell ... Yet, decades later, she returns to the family's farm to nurse him on his death bed. To her surprise, her 'perfect' sister Ruth is also there, whispering dark words, urging revenge. Then the day after their father finally confesses to a despicable crime, Joy finds him dead - with a belt pulled tight around his neck . . . For Senior Constable Alex Shepherd, investigating George's murder revives memories of an unsolved case still haunting him since that strange summer of 1960: the disappearance of nine-year-old Wendy Boscombe. As seemingly impossible facts surface about the Hendersons - from the past and the present - Shepherd suspects that Joy is pulling him into an intricate web of lies and that Wendy's disappearance is the key to the bizarre truth."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Place of publication from the publisher's website.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781760895730

1760895733

OCLC:

1198716969