Poppy
Gee
crime fiction novelist
Poppy Gee is the author of two literary thriller novels – Vanishing Falls and Bay of Fires. She lives in southeast Queensland with her family and is working on her third novel.
“Subtle, atmospheric, gripping! Perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Shelley Burr.”
“If very layered, complex mysteries set in isolated locales is your thing, pick this one up. You won’t regret it.”
“VANISHING FALLS is a game of Clue in the Tasmanian rainforest with a rich cast of characters and a flawlessly sketched locale. Poppy Gee has written the perfect kind of mystery: a world that feels at once fresh and familiar.”
“Fans of Jane Harper’s thrillers and their atmospheric Australian settings will be riveted by this gripping novel set in a small town deep in the Tasmanian rain forest.”
“Twisty and darkly atmospheric, Poppy Gee has created a chilling gem of a novel with a surprising heart at the center.”
“Gee deals with themes of class, the legacy of wealth, and a divided society as relevant to those in the US as it will be to those familiar with the razed fruit orchards and petering-out roads of Vanishing Falls.”
“I loved it… I want to read more.”
“The characterisation is brilliantly deft – subtle, inquisitive, realistic, sharp and joyful. The character of Joelle stole my heart. The setting is both gritty and beautiful – there is also a kind of fairytale quality to it, but with all the sharp edges you would expect of a small town struggling in so many ways.”
“I’m reminded of Eleanor Oliphant when reading this one, and this might read Eleanor meets Joelle in an Agatha Christie novel. An intriguing mystery with a cast of quirky characters who must solve the case of a missing socialite. Never underestimate anyone.”
“This literary thriller paints as vivid a landscape as any book coming out this summer, setting its story in a mysterious town within a Tasmanian rainforest. The mystery centers on the disappearance of a local socialite and eccentric…”
“More than a murder mystery, this is a tale of odd-bods and resistance to the status quo. In many ways the smaller the community, the larger the characters become, and Bay of Fires in this respect reminds you of other writers of the geographic fringes such as E. Annie Proulx. There’s a powerful social intelligence at work here and Gee’s compassion for her characters and their predicaments is palpable. She has taken the scaffolding of a crime novel and used it to tread beyond the parameters of genre conventions and investigate the messier terrain of human frailty and endurance. It’s a book that gets you thinking about people rather than plots, and is all the better for it.”
“Beautifully atmospheric and superbly gripping, BAY OF FIRES is a stellar debut.”
“Poppy Gee’s heroine is tough and absolutely winning.”
“If you loved Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, you’ll like this murder mystery. Lock your doors… it will creep you out.”
“A close-knit beachfront community in Tasmania is threatened by a killer who might be one of the neighbors… Gee’s preoccupations are less with the mystery than with the psychological profiles of the members of this ingrown society.”
“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.”
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