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
generations
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day,
beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man
makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of
Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder
investigations in the history of South Australia.
Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in
search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for two decades,
she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. 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 is seriously ill in the hospital.
At Nora's house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a
long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only
when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection
between her own family and this notorious event - a mystery that has
never been satisfactorily resolved.
An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do
for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to
come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one
of the finest writers working today.
