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A review by mandylovestoread
Charlotte Pass by Lee Christine
5.0
Aussie crime fiction is so good! I just loved this book set in the Snowy Mountains. I was twisty, clever and fast paced - everything that I love in a book. I am already quite attached to the main characters in this book so I hope that we may see them again in a follow up book. I started this Friday night and finished it Saturday night, finding it hard to put down.
It begins with DS Pierce Ryder from the Sydney Homicide team being re-assigned from the hunt of a serial killer to the discovery of human bones on Mount Stillwell at Charlotte Pass. Vanessa Bell, a ski patroller at the resort found the bones high up on the mountain. It is determined that these are the remains of Celia Delaney who disappeared in 1964 in a fierce winter storm. So many years later are they going to be able to find the killer? It comes as the resort is packed with guest there to celebrate Winterfest and the original suspects in her case are all there. When there is a second murder in the resort Ryder cannot help but think that it is the same killer.
The setting of the snowy ski resort, full of visitors and staff is so well written that you feel as if you are there. As an Aussie, many of the places this book takes place in are familiar. The characters in this book are realistic, damaged and with their secrets. Put all together this is binge worthy read. Highly recommend it.
Thank you Allen and Unwin for my copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased.
It begins with DS Pierce Ryder from the Sydney Homicide team being re-assigned from the hunt of a serial killer to the discovery of human bones on Mount Stillwell at Charlotte Pass. Vanessa Bell, a ski patroller at the resort found the bones high up on the mountain. It is determined that these are the remains of Celia Delaney who disappeared in 1964 in a fierce winter storm. So many years later are they going to be able to find the killer? It comes as the resort is packed with guest there to celebrate Winterfest and the original suspects in her case are all there. When there is a second murder in the resort Ryder cannot help but think that it is the same killer.
The setting of the snowy ski resort, full of visitors and staff is so well written that you feel as if you are there. As an Aussie, many of the places this book takes place in are familiar. The characters in this book are realistic, damaged and with their secrets. Put all together this is binge worthy read. Highly recommend it.
Thank you Allen and Unwin for my copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased.