Drowning Girls

Lando, Veronica
Drowning Girls

Drowning Girls

Lando, Veronica

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One simple sacrifice is all they need.

'A fantastic new voice in Australian fiction' The Australian


Cast a stone. Aim true. Let her sink.

Nate can't believe he's dragged himself up to this backwater town. Port Flinders would have fallen off the map years ago, except for one thing. Tourists flock to its mangrove-lined shores for the annual Drowning Girl festival: sacrifice a girl at sea, and the fishing hauls that keep the town afloat will prosper. Or don't and the whole town will sink.

But it's just a legend, a gimmick. Everybody knows that.

As fireworks light up the night sky, a woman's body is pulled from the inky waters of the gulf. Shock waves threaten to tear Port Flinders apart when she's identified as Kelsey Webb: a local teenager thought dead for twenty-five years.

As Nate tries to find the truth about what happened to Kelsey, he uncovers a string of deadly accidents over the decades. All women. All drowned. And always during the festival.

In his search for answers, the legend of the Drowning Girl begins to take hold of Nate, weaving its way into his head and threatening to pull him under, and he begins to question which sacrifices are truly necessary.

'Lando grips and holds the reader underwater - the characters' nightmares of the drowning girl are palpable and the story is claustrophobic, despite the vast ocean nearby. This novel is for readers who love to delve into Sarah Bailey or Chris Hammer's mysterious, complicated histories, or swelter in Candice Fox's oppressive Queensland heat.' Books+Publishing

'The Drowning Girls weaves superstition, small-town tensions and past deeds into a close, suffocating tale infused with the heat and humidity of far north Queensland.' Maryrose Cuskelly

'Sophisticated prose, a setting that felt like I could reach out and touch it, and more twists and reveals than I could imagine - Lando's writing sucks you in and doesn't let you go.' Mercedes Mercier

Praise for The Whispering:

'Lando has cleverly woven an intricate and multi-layered story into a gripping mystery told with skill. I devoured it.' Lyn Yeowart, author of The Silent Listener

'A dark, absorbing, tangled mystery that had me second-guessing right to the end.' Dinuka McKenzie

'Fans of Jane Harper will love Veronica Lando's debut crime thriller, The Whispering.' Mamamia

Author:   Lando, Veronica
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
ISBN:  

9781460763575


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   05 July 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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One simple sacrifice is all they need.

'A fantastic new voice in Australian fiction' The Australian


Cast a stone. Aim true. Let her sink.

Nate can't believe he's dragged himself up to this backwater town. Port Flinders would have fallen off the map years ago, except for one thing. Tourists flock to its mangrove-lined shores for the annual Drowning Girl festival: sacrifice a girl at sea, and the fishing hauls that keep the town afloat will prosper. Or don't and the whole town will sink.

But it's just a legend, a gimmick. Everybody knows that.

As fireworks light up the night sky, a woman's body is pulled from the inky waters of the gulf. Shock waves threaten to tear Port Flinders apart when she's identified as Kelsey Webb: a local teenager thought dead for twenty-five years.

As Nate tries to find the truth about what happened to Kelsey, he uncovers a string of deadly accidents over the decades. All women. All drowned. And always during the festival.

In his search for answers, the legend of the Drowning Girl begins to take hold of Nate, weaving its way into his head and threatening to pull him under, and he begins to question which sacrifices are truly necessary.

'Lando grips and holds the reader underwater - the characters' nightmares of the drowning girl are palpable and the story is claustrophobic, despite the vast ocean nearby. This novel is for readers who love to delve into Sarah Bailey or Chris Hammer's mysterious, complicated histories, or swelter in Candice Fox's oppressive Queensland heat.' Books+Publishing

'The Drowning Girls weaves superstition, small-town tensions and past deeds into a close, suffocating tale infused with the heat and humidity of far north Queensland.' Maryrose Cuskelly

'Sophisticated prose, a setting that felt like I could reach out and touch it, and more twists and reveals than I could imagine - Lando's writing sucks you in and doesn't let you go.' Mercedes Mercier

Praise for The Whispering:

'Lando has cleverly woven an intricate and multi-layered story into a gripping mystery told with skill. I devoured it.' Lyn Yeowart, author of The Silent Listener

'A dark, absorbing, tangled mystery that had me second-guessing right to the end.' Dinuka McKenzie

'Fans of Jane Harper will love Veronica Lando's debut crime thriller, The Whispering.' Mamamia

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Author:   Lando, Veronica
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
ISBN:  

9781460763575


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   05 July 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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