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Title:
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Grapevine, The |
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Authors:
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Kemp, Kate |
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Genre:
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Fiction |
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Pages:
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400 |
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Year:
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2025 |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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It's the height of summer in Australia, 1979, and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white checkered tiles of the bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems. For one thing, it's 3am. For another, she is trying desperately to remove all traces of blood before they stain. Her husband seems remarkably calm, considering he has just murdered their neighbour.
As the sun rises on Warrah Place, news of Antonio Marietti's death spreads like wildfire, gossip is exchanged in whispers and suspicion mounts. Twelve-year-old Tammy, an amateur observational scientist, is not alone in feeling determined to find out what happened. There are secrets behind every closed door in the neighbourhood, and the identity of the murderer is only one of them . . .
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"As events unfold in the story, the reader is increasingly engaged and confused in the best tradition of 'whodunnits'."
"Kemp writes knowledgeably in the era of the late 1970s, with a great sense of time and place. Her characters are sharply defined and very, very realistic."
"It will have so very many topics to cover in conversation if it becomes part of the BDS library."
" The secrets and lies slowly unravel in this book, keeping up suspense and interest right to the end."
"A very easy to read, engaging book with great topics for discussion."
"A great read - begins with a bang and continues without apology."
"I will be interested to read more from this author."
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Categories:
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Fiction, Australia, Just Added, 2027 Titles |
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