To The River

Shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for Adult Fiction

How long can you hide the truth?

The Kelly family has always been trouble.

When a fire in a remote caravan community kills nine people, including 17-year-old Sabine Kelly’s mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she escapes custody and disappears.

Recently made redundant from marriage, motherhood and her career, journalist Rachel Weidermann has long suspected Sabine made her way back to the river — now, twelve years after the ‘Caravan Murders’, she has the time and the tenacity to corner a fugitive and land the story of the year.

Rachel’s ambition lights the fuse leading to a brutal chain of events, and the web Sabine weaves will force Rachel to question everything she believes. Vikki Wakefield’s compelling psychological thriller is about class, corruption, love, loyalty, and the vindication of truth and justice. And a brave dog called Blue.

• In the vein of internationally bestselling, psychological thriller authors like Liane Moriarty, Jane Harper and Tana French.

• Award-winning Australian author of YA fiction has moved into gripping adult thrillers. This is her second adult fiction novel.

• Beloved for her character-driven novels that have readers drawn in from the very first page.