AustLit

'Belle Hamilton is struggling to find her feet. She's trying to move on from that terrifying night in Paris a year ago but is finding it difficult. She’s plagued with nightmares and her long-distance relationship to Italian boyfriend, Andrea, is challenging.

'When her father suffers a heart attack, Belle rushes to his bedside and overhears a whispered conversation that was never meant for her. A flood of revelations follows and suddenly, Belle’s entire world is turned upside down. More importantly, the mysterious death surrounding Riley’s mother thirty years earlier, comes into question. Was her death an accident? Did she jump or was she pushed? And why is nobody talking?

'Belle and Riley embark on a quest to Scotland for answers. Amidst the raw beauty of the Highlands, they must unravel the past and piece together secrets that were carefully buried three decades ago. They are confronted with lies, betrayal, secrecy and the biggest mystery of all; what really happened to Bridget Alexander?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.