Saturday, June 28, 2014

Bay of Fires

I enjoyed Bay of Fires by Poppy Gee which is set in northern Tasmania.  Sarah is staying with her parents and sister in a beach shack where they've come every year.  She has returned after a disastrous breakup with her boyfriend in Queensland.  There has been a recent disappearance of a female backpacker and when her body is washed up on a beach there is much speculation about her death and the disappearance a year ago of another young woman.  Hall, a journalist with a local paper, stays in a B&B there to write stories about the women and meets Sarah.  They both try to work out what happened with some prime suspects coming to their notice.  The story is mainly about the relationships between the different characters.  Eventually, the truth is revealed. 4/5

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