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Lowbridge
By (Author) Lucy Campbell
Ultimo Press
Ultimo Press
5th July 2023
Australia
General
Fiction
Paperback
384
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
404g
Where everybody knows everyone, how can somebody just disappear
A missing girl. Decades of silence. A secret too big to bury.
1987:Its late summer and a time of change when 17-year-old Tess Dawes leaves the local shopping centre in the sleepy town of Lowbridge and is never seen again.
Tesss unsolved disappearance is never far from the towns memory.Theres those who grew up with Tess, and never left. And those who know more than theyre saying
It just takes an outsider to ask the right questions.
2018: Katherine Ashworth, shattered by the death of her daughter, moves to her husbands hometown. Searching for a way to pick up the pieces of her life, she joins the local historical society and becomes obsessed with the three-decades-old mystery.
As Katherine digs into that summer of 1987, she stumbles upon the trail of a second girlwho vanished when no one cared enoughto see what was happening in plain sight.
Her trail could lead right to Katherines door.
In a town simmering with divisions and a cast of unforgettable characters,Lowbridgeis a heart-wrenching mystery about the girls who are lost, the ones who are mourned and those who are forgotten.
Praise for Lowbridge
'A thrilling mystery, Lowbridge is a book full of twists and turns and, unexpectedly, hope.' Aoife Clifford, author of When We Fall
'Lowbridgewill stay with me. Seamlessly interwoven timelines pull readers into the mystery at the heart of the town. Lucy Campbell has crafted a passionate exploration of women's fights for safety, rights, and each other.'Ashley Kalagian Blunt, author of Dark Mode
Lucy Campbell has worked as a writer and sub-editor across magazines, newspapers and non-fiction books. Lowbridge is her first novel.She lives in Canberra with her husband and three children.