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'A fugitive in the present. A runaway in the past.
'Eliza Carmody returns home to the country to work on the biggest legal case of her career. The only problem is this time she’s on the ‘wrong side’ – defending a large corporation against a bushfire class action by her hometown of Kinsale.
'On her first day back Eliza witnesses an old friend, Luke Tyrell, commit an act of lethal violence. As the police investigate that crime and hunt for Luke they uncover bones at The Castle, a historic homestead in the district. Eliza is convinced that they belong to someone from her past.
'As Eliza becomes more and more entangled in the investigation, she is pulled back into her memories of youthful friendships and begins to question everyone she knows … and everything she once thought was true.' (Production summary)
Notes
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Dedication : 'For my siblings Ciara, Sinead, Aisling and Aidan for the love and the laughter'
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Epigraph : 'He lies like an eyewitness.' - Russian proverb
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Familiar Trope Makes Way for a Gripping Thriller
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 January 2019; (p. 18)
— Review of Second Sight 2018 single work novel'It’s a familiar trope: local girl made good returns to the town she escaped 20 years earlier and vowed not to revisit. Eliza Carmody, junior partner in a city law firm, is reluctantly back in beachside Kinsale.' (Introduction)
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Familiar Trope Makes Way for a Gripping Thriller
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 January 2019; (p. 18)
— Review of Second Sight 2018 single work novel'It’s a familiar trope: local girl made good returns to the town she escaped 20 years earlier and vowed not to revisit. Eliza Carmody, junior partner in a city law firm, is reluctantly back in beachside Kinsale.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2019 highly commended Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel