Above all, it is a beguiling and immensely satisfying novel from one of the finest writers working today. Her novels - The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper, The Lake House and The Clockmakers Daughter - are published in over 40 countries, in 34 languages, and have all been number one bestsellers around the world. It explores the power of motherhood, the corrosive effects of tightly held secrets, and the healing nature of truth. KATE MORTON is an award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author. It is only when Jess skims through the pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous event – a murder mystery that has never been resolved satisfactorily.Īn epic novel that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, and how we protect the lies we tell. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.Īt Nora's house, Jess discovers a book that chronicles the police investigation into a long-buried crime: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959.

Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story.

A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia. The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generationsĪdelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of the grand and mysterious house, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery.

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