{"product_id":"dirt-creek-paperback","title":"Dirt Creek - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHayley Scrivenor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho's lying about what happened at Dirt Creek?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Blends a taut psychological thriller with a suspenseful police procedural...Fans of Liane Moriarty and Jane Harper won't want to miss this page-turner.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel of sharp-edged tempers, accidents waiting to happen and dark inheritances.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Australia, the community is thrown into a maelstrom of suspicion and grief. As Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town during the hottest spring in decades and begins her investigation, Esther's tenacious best friend, Ronnie, is determined to find Esther and bring her home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen schoolfriend Lewis tells Ronnie that he saw Esther with a strange man at the creek the afternoon she went missing, Ronnie feels she is one step closer to finding her. But why is Lewis refusing to speak to the police? And who else is lying about how much they know about what has happened to Esther? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePunctuated by a Greek chorus, which gives voice to the remaining children of the small, dying town, this novel explores the ties that bind, what we try and leave behind us, and what we can never outrun, while never losing sight of the question of what happened to Esther, and what her loss does to a whole town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Hayley Scrivenor's \u003ci\u003eDirt Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, a small-town debut mystery described as \u003ci\u003eThe Dry\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/i\u003e, a girl goes missing and a community falls apart and comes together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally from a small country town in rural Australia, \u003cb\u003eHayley Scrivenor\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, teacher and former Director of Wollongong Writers Festival. \u003ci\u003eDirt Creek \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel. An earlier version of the book was shortlisted for the Penguin Literary Prize and won The \u003ci\u003eKill Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e Unpublished Manuscript Award. Hayley lives and writes on Dharawal country, on the south coast of New South Wales in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760914923808,"sku":"9781250834775","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ebc8d6e44bd0c6f60faba2a4dcf33224.webp?v=1780194085","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dirt-creek-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}