Burning Mountain by Darcy Tindal. When the bones of a teenage boy are discovered on Mount Wingen, Detective Rebecca Giles is plunged into a missing persons case that has mystified her rural town for twenty years!
Five went up. Only four came down!
In April 2006, fifteen-year-old Oliver went on a hiking trip to the lookout on Burning Mountain, where he disappeared without a trace.
His school-friends – Bob, Bell, Phil and Paul – were the last to see him while accompanying him on the trek. Despite questioning by the police, the teenagers, however, were never able to explain his disappearance.
Almost twenty years have passed when Detective Rebecca Giles is called to bushland on Mount Wingen. There she finds that a skull has been dug up, reviving the mystery that has haunted the Upper Hunter area for years.
Giles is convinced that they have finally found the missing boy, and that his four friends – now aged in their mid-thirties – have always known much more than they disclosed at the time. In particular, nothing is known about the argument that caused Oliver to leave his friends and head down the mountain on his own. When she discusses the case with her father, retired Superintendent Benjamin Giles, however, another suspect is added to the list. One, that for Giles in particular, is uncomfortably close to home!
A powerful Australian novel that has more twists and turns than the tracks on Burning Mountain. With a gutsy female detective on the case, it is a must-read for lovers of crime!
ISBN: 9781761049774
Burning Mountain is available in paperback, e-book and audiobook.
About Darcy Tindale
About the Author – Darcy Tindale is an actor, author, theatresports player and director, and has appeared in television commercials, film and on stage. She has written comedy for radio, stage, media personalities, comedians, and theatre restaurants. Her short stories, plays and poems have been published in anthologies, journals, and magazines.
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