Finding the Bones

A detective uncovers evidence linking her cop father to a cold case and struggles between loyalty and betrayal in this international thriller. 

Nearly forty years ago, Belle Fitzgerald disappeared without a trace on the streets of Sydney. The media seized on the story of the heiress who rebelled against her prominent family by moving to gritty Kings Cross, then took arms against some shady people to keep her beloved bohemian neighborhood from gentrifying. The speculation went to murder and the suspects were plenty—from the crime syndicate running Kings Cross to the corrupt cops who walked the beat. But without a body, the case went cold and the story became one of the nation’s biggest unsolved mysteries.

Until now. When Belle’s bones are discovered, homicide detective Jackie Rose is the first cop on the case, mostly because her legendary father, retired sergeant Stanton Rose, was on duty in King’s Cross during the decade Belle went missing. Jackie knows the department hopes she’ll collaborate with her notoriously savvy father. Then Jackie uncovers evidence that her father and Belle were having an affair and wonders how far he would go to protect his reputation. And as the evidence mounts against him, Jackie must ask herself how far she’s willing to go to protect the parent she loves.

“A compelling crime novel about corruption, compromise and the persistence of the past” —Garry Disher, international bestselling author of Sanctuary