Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 7/30/2022 + 1032 more book reviews

I loved this book. I hate to keep coming up with the same ol' phrases but originality is not with me this morning. So - it's character-driven, atmospheric, emotional and ultimately very satisifying. Just a slow unfolding of what happened to Cameron and why. No forensics, no police work, no real detecting going on, no twists and turns, just Nathan trying to understand the strange scenario. As readers we know this book is about a murder, but the characters don't, so watching Nathan (and Xander) start to have unhappy suspicions about the suicide verdict is very involving. The descriptions of the outback and isolation of the stations, the small towns in the middle of nowhere, the ghost stories, are just wonderful. I had a feeling about Cameron pretty early on but was so caught up I didn't even try to guess the murderer. Excellent book and this will definitely make it into my year's top ten.

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