Books from the Backlog #274

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.

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This week’s neglected book

Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
Published by Flatiron Books on August 2, 2022
Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Pages: 336
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Who's lying about what happened at Dirt Creek?

“Blends a taut psychological thriller with a suspenseful police procedural...Fans of Liane Moriarty and Jane Harper won’t want to miss this page-turner.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A novel of sharp-edged tempers, accidents waiting to happen and dark inheritances.” —New York Times Book Review

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Australia, the community is thrown into a maelstrom of suspicion and grief. As Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town during the hottest spring in decades and begins her investigation, Esther’s tenacious best friend, Ronnie, is determined to find Esther and bring her home.

When schoolfriend Lewis tells Ronnie that he saw Esther with a strange man at the creek the afternoon she went missing, Ronnie feels she is one step closer to finding her. But why is Lewis refusing to speak to the police? And who else is lying about how much they know about what has happened to Esther?

Punctuated by a Greek chorus, which gives voice to the remaining children of the small, dying town, this novel explores the ties that bind, what we try and leave behind us, and what we can never outrun, while never losing sight of the question of what happened to Esther, and what her loss does to a whole town.

In Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek, a small-town debut mystery described as The Dry meets Everything I Never Told You, a girl goes missing and a community falls apart and comes together.

Why did I add Dirt Creek to my bookshelf?

I received a copy of this from the publisher and just didn’t get the chance to read it which is a shame because I still think that it sounds really good. It looks like most of my Goodreads friends liked it and I am hopeful that I will as well. I have been in the mood for mysteries lately so maybe I will be able to fit it in soon.

What are your thoughts? Have you read this book?  Would you recommend it?

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