The Merritt Mystery is a gripping Australian crime novel with art, death, and small-town secrets. Alex Tillerson and her mother make a shocking find on the beach, but the police claim it is an accidental death. Bella Greggs was found dead at the bottom of a ravine, but drowned in salt water. Maxine McFarlane was pulled from the ocean but with no water in her lungs. Black feathers were found with both bodies, but what do they mean? Alex fights for answers to honor the dead and discovers the truth never dies but it can kill.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 04 May 2023
Publisher: Ultimo Press

A Vivid, Twisting Story That Keeps You Guessing to the End

This is top-shelf Australian crime. – Mark Brandi, author of The Others

The combination of art, death, and small town secrets makes for a sinister, complex tale that I could not put down. – Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake

In the Wild, Coastal Town of Merritt, Alex Tillerson and Her Mother Make a Shocking Find on the Beach

The police claim it's an accidental death, but there are whispers of murder and that it is not the first. – Mark Brandi, author of The Others

It isn't strangers you need to worry about here. Blood lines run deep and in unexpected places. Every victim, every accused, well know. The past runs alongside us all the time. Some days it spills into the open. – Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake

Bella Greggs Was Found Dead at the Bottom of a Ravine but Drowned in Salt Water

Maxine McFarlane was pulled from the ocean but with no water in her lungs. Black feathers were found with both bodies, but what do they mean? – Mark Brandi, author of The Others

As Alex fights for answers to honor the dead and to discover why her mother fled town as a teenager, good people keep looking the other way, memories become unreliable, and secrets threaten to reveal the past. – Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake

Alex Discovers the Truth Never Dies but It Can Kill...

Alex discovers the truth never dies but it can kill. – Mark Brandi, author of The Others

The combination of art, death, and small town secrets makes for a sinister, complex tale that I could not put down. – Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake

Weight: 566g
Dimension: 162 x 243 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781761151583