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When We Fall

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by Aoife Clifford
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Publication Date: 02/05/2024
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‘It isn’t strangers you need to worry about here. Blood lines run deep and in unexpected places. Every victim, every accused, we’ll know. The past runs alongside us all the time. Some days it spills into the open.’

In the wild, coastal town of Merritt, Alex Tillerson and her mother make a shocking find on the beach. The police claim it’s an accidental death but there are whispers of murder and that it is not the first. 

Bella Greggs was found dead at the bottom of a ravine but drowned in salt water. Maxine McFarlane was pulled from the ocean but with no water in her lungs. Black feathers were found with both bodies but what do they mean?

As Alex fights for answers to honour the dead, and to discover why her mother fled town as a teenager, good people keep looking the other way, memories become unreliable and secrets threaten to reveal the past.

Alex discovers the truth never dies but it can kill…

ISBN:
9781761151439
9781761151439
Category:
Thriller / suspense
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-05-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ultimo Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
197.99x127.99mm
Weight:
0.31kg

'A vivid, twisting story that keeps you guessing to the end. This is top-shelf Australian crime.'
– Mark Brandi, author of Wimmera and The Others

‘Atmospheric and absorbing, When We Fall is an absolute page-turner.’
– Sara Foster, author of The Hush

'A suspenseful, rattling thriller with an ending that will have you gnawing your fingernails to the bone.'
– Fiona Hardy, Readings

‘A wonderful storyteller. The combination of art, death and small town secrets makes for a sinister, complex tale that I could not put down. I’ve loved all of Aoife’s books but I think this is the best yet.’
– Sarah Bailey, author of The Housemate

Aoife Clifford

This is Aoife Clifford's debut novel, but she has won the two major Australian crime writing prizes in short story form and has been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger.

In 2013 she was awarded an Australian Society of Author's mentorship for All These Perfect Strangers. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and three children.

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When We Fall is the third novel by prize-winning Australian author, Aiofe Clifford. Barrister Alex Tillerson decides to view a worrying downturn in her work as an opportunity to answer her Aunt Prue’s summons to visit her increasingly dementia-affected mother, Denny who has returned to her childhood home in Merritt. Being away from her soon-to-be-ex husband and his new girlfriend is a bonus.

It quickly becomes apparent that Denny Walker isn’t going to be able to live independently much longer. An assisted-living facility could be the answer but, given the parlous state of Alex’s bank account, that will mean Denny selling the house she inherited from her mother, something to which she is unlikely to agree.

But just as she believes that being divorced with an ill mother and a flatlining career are the worst of her problems, their early morning beach walk is marred by a grisly find: Alex and Denny stumble on a sneaker-shod human leg. When police eventually turn up, Alex is appalled at Senior Sergeant Kingsley Kelly’s casual mismanagement of the scene.

The young constable makes mention of a cold case murder a few years earlier, and Alex’s young cousin Tayla shares the story of how her teenaged classmate, environmental activist Bella Greggs was found. Certain aspects of the two deaths indicate they may be linked, but when the body of gallery owner Maxine McFarlane turns up, Kelly declares that it is just a terrible accident and the city detective is sure to agree.

Maxine’s friends are convinced she was murdered because she knew who had killed Bella, and plead with Alex to talk to the detective: surely a barrister’s concerns will be heard? Is it wise to get involved? All this happens against the background of the tech billionaire who has been buying up land and has established a salmon farm, of which not all of Merritt approve.

Clifford’s tale is tightly plotted with twists and red herrings that will keep the reader guessing and the pages turning right up to the dramatic climax. Her characters are much more than one-dimensional; their dialogue is what we overhear in cafes and gatherings; and their actions and reactions to threat and challenge, entirely credible. Lies, secrets, infidelity and desperation mark these people as very humanly flawed. Gripping contemporary crime fiction.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Ultimo Press.

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