The Summer Party

Author/Guide: Rebecca Heath

Why a Booktrail?

2000, 2019: A perfect family. A devastating secret.

ISBN: B09YK371F7
Genre: Crime

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What you need to know before your trail

Summer, 2000. In the tranquil town of Queen’s Point in southern Australia, the Whitlam family marks the end of every season with a lavish party in their clifftop mansion. Here, clutching her first glass of real champagne, the summer breeze intoxicating on her skin, sixteen-year-old Lucy Ross is kissed for the very first time. And then, in the shadows of the rose garden, she sees something she shouldn’t.

Winter, 2019. After two decades of silence, Lucy is back in Queen’s Point. She hasn’t planned on staying long. But when human remains wash up on the freezing beach, the police close the town. Unable to leave, Lucy is forced to rekindle old friendships – and examine old truths – she has long ago tried to forget.

As long-buried secrets start to surface, Lucy must decide. Will she confront the past and tell the truth? Or will she still do anything to protect the people she loves?

Locations

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Australia - South Australia - Yorke Peninsula
A: North Yorke Peninsula
B: Black Point
C: Point Pearce

Travel Guide

Queen’s Point, Yorke Peninsula

Yorke Peninsula is a real place in South Australia shaped like the boot of Italy. There is one seaside place which is called Point Pearce and it’s shaped a lot like this boot. Maybe Queen’s Point is here.

“A beachcomber walking beneath the jetty in the bay by Queen’s Point, two hours our of Adelaide on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, has found a shoe contained suspected human bones, police have said.”