Kate Morton (1976-)


Homecoming

Morton, Kate | HOMECOMING


BoklivArtikelnr: 9781529094084

En journalist återvänder hem och upptäcker en koppling mellan sin familj och en olöst mordgåta från 1959.

  • En spännande historisk roman av Kate Morton.

  • Innehåller en oförglömlig mordgåta från 1959.

  • Utgiven som pocket 2024.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529094084

Omfång: 608 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2024-02-15

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Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.At a loose end in Nora's house, Jess does some digging into her past. In Nora's bedroom, she discovers a true crime book, chronicling the police investigation into a long-buried tragedy: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the book that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous crime - a crime that has never been truly solved. And for a journalist without a story, a cold case might be the best distraction she can find...

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.At a loose end in Nora's house, Jess does some digging into her past. In Nora's bedroom, she discovers a true crime book, chronicling the police investigation into a long-buried tragedy: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the book that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous crime - a crime that has never been truly solved. And for a journalist without a story, a cold case might be the best distraction she can find...

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Vanliga frågor om Homecoming av Kate Morton

Boken Homecoming utforskar mysterier och familjehemligheter genom en berättelse som börjar med ett mordfall i Adelaide Hills 1959 och följer journalisten Jess som återvänder till sin hemstad för att ta hand om sin sjuka mormor.

Teman i Homecoming inkluderar mord och kalla fall, familjehemligheter, och den moderna kvinnliga journalistens kamp för att finna mening i livet genom att utforska det förflutna.

Det antikvariska exemplaret av Homecoming är en pocketutgåva med 608 sidor, publicerad av Pan Macmillan den 15 februari 2024.

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