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A review by mandylovestoread
The Liars by Petronella McGovern
5.0
What a fantastic Aussie crime book! I have read and enjoyed Petronella McGovern's previous books and enjoyed them. I think The Liars might be my new favourite of hers. It was a long books at over 400 pages, but it was so enjoyable that it didn't feel it.
Set in a coastal NSW town, 4 hours from Sydney, The Liars has so much happening at any one time. Kinton Bay is just starting to recover from COVID Lockdowns and the tourists are coming back. The whales are back and businesses are starting to make money again. So when 15 year old Sienna Britton and her friend Kyle find a human skull at the caves in Wrecking Point, nobody is very pleased. Especially as she posted a video on her You Tube channel and it starts to go viral. She believes it is from the towns colonial past, but the adults know that it is more likely to be one of the people that have gone missing from the town over the last 20 years. Her parents are worried that their pasts are going to be exposed, secrets that they have kept, even from each other, for 20 years.
But Sienna will not give up. She believes that their town was founded by a man who attacked and killed Aboriginal men and women and he should not be seen as a hero. the more she investigates, the more danger her family are in. Her mother, the reporter, discovers that the cases of these missing people have not been investigated as thoroughly as they should have been.
It is a small town murder mystery that will have you hooked. Told from multiple points of view and time periods, the story of Kinton Bay is a toxic and dark one, full of secrets and lies. You don't want to miss it.
A big thank you to Allen and Unwin for sending me an advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes in Australia, August 30th. Add it to your TBR now.
Set in a coastal NSW town, 4 hours from Sydney, The Liars has so much happening at any one time. Kinton Bay is just starting to recover from COVID Lockdowns and the tourists are coming back. The whales are back and businesses are starting to make money again. So when 15 year old Sienna Britton and her friend Kyle find a human skull at the caves in Wrecking Point, nobody is very pleased. Especially as she posted a video on her You Tube channel and it starts to go viral. She believes it is from the towns colonial past, but the adults know that it is more likely to be one of the people that have gone missing from the town over the last 20 years. Her parents are worried that their pasts are going to be exposed, secrets that they have kept, even from each other, for 20 years.
But Sienna will not give up. She believes that their town was founded by a man who attacked and killed Aboriginal men and women and he should not be seen as a hero. the more she investigates, the more danger her family are in. Her mother, the reporter, discovers that the cases of these missing people have not been investigated as thoroughly as they should have been.
It is a small town murder mystery that will have you hooked. Told from multiple points of view and time periods, the story of Kinton Bay is a toxic and dark one, full of secrets and lies. You don't want to miss it.
A big thank you to Allen and Unwin for sending me an advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes in Australia, August 30th. Add it to your TBR now.