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Vanishing Falls

Celia Lily is rich, beautiful, and admired. She’s also missing. And the search for the glamorous socialite is about to expose all the dark, dirty secrets of Vanishing Falls…

Deep within the lush Tasmanian rainforest is the remote town of Vanishing Falls, a place with a storied past. The town’s showpiece, built in the 1800s, is its Calendar House—currently occupied by Jack Lily, a prominent art collector and landowner; his wife, Celia; and their two daughters. The elaborate, eccentrically designed mansion houses one masterpiece and 52 rooms—and Celia Lily isn’t in any of them. She has vanished without a trace.…

Joelle Smithton knows that a few folks in Vanishing Falls believe that she’s simple-minded. It’s true that Joelle’s brain works a little differently—a legacy of shocking childhood trauma. But Joelle sees far more than most people realize, and remembers details that others cast away. For instance, she knows that Celia’s husband, Jack, has connections to unsavory local characters whom he’s desperate to keep hidden. He’s not the only one in town with something to conceal. Even Joelle’s own husband, Brian, a butcher, is acting suspiciously. While the police flounder, unable to find Celia, Joelle is gradually parsing the truth from the gossip she hears and from the simple gestures and statements that can unwittingly reveal so much.

Just as the water from the falls disappears into the ground, gushing away through subterranean creeks, the secrets in Vanishing Falls are pulsing through the town, about to converge. And when they do, Joelle must summon the courage to reveal what really happened to Celia, even if it means exposing her own past…

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Jenny Milchman, author of Cover of Snow and The Second Mother

“This novel introduces us to an unforgettable heroine, Joelle, who will tug at your heartstrings even as you cheer for her to solve the crime.”

David Joy, author of When These Mountains Burn

“VANISHING FALLS is a game of Clue in the Tasmanian rainforest with a rich cast of characters and a flawlessly sketched locale.”

 

Kali White, author of The Monsters We Make

“Twisty and darkly atmospheric, Poppy Gee has created a chilling gem of a novel with a surprising heart at the center.”

Meg Cabot, author of No Judgments

“I loved it… I want to read more.”

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Bay of Fires

Nothing stays still on the beach…

A year after a teenage girl disappears, the near naked body of a beautiful Swiss woman washes ashore on a wild beach, deep in the national park on the east coast of Tasmania. Several people own summer houses in the tiny Bay of Fires village nearby, a few others camp beside the lagoon: it is an idyllic holiday community until everyone begins to turn on each other.

Secrets are hard to keep in this close-knit village: the intimacy of other people’s lives provides nourishment. Sarah Avery has just quit her job on a Queensland barramundi farm to return to her family’s shack when the dead woman is found. Newspaper reporter Hall Flynn arrives to investigate the crime story. As the residents take things into their own hands, time is running out to find the murderer.

Everyone is a suspect… and everyone is hiding something.

From a beautiful American widow with her lonely son, to an academic obsessed with the history of the area; from the affluent shopkeeper who cruises the coast in his expensive motor boat, to a recluse who names his cats after fairytale characters; and the raucous families who camp nearby… everyone has something to fear as the mystery unravels.

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In Style, Australia

‘Fans of Tim Winton will be drawn in by this evocative account of a sleepy coastal town and the events that shake it to its core.’

Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Jetsetters

‘Poppy Gee’s heroine is tough and absolutely winning.’

Lisa Unger, author of The Stranger Inside

“Beautifully atmospheric and superbly gripping, BAY OF FIRES is a stellar debut.”

Marie Claire, USA

“If you loved Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, you’ll like this murder mystery. Lock your doors… it will creep you out.”