Pacific Heights
A gripping new crime thriller from the international bestselling author
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
FIVE WITNESSES. FIVE DIFFERENT STORIES. WHO IS THE KILLER?
'A rising star of Australian crime fiction' SUNDAY TIMES
'S. R. White is the real deal' CHRIS HAMMER
In the courtyard of the Pacific Heights building, a local waitress is found dead.
Five apartments overlook the murder scene. Five people witnessed a crime take place.
Finding the killer should be simple.
Except none of the witnesses' stories match.
They all saw something - from a different angle, at a different time.
None of them saw everything. Anyone could be the killer.
Detectives Carl "Bluey" Blueson and Lachlan Dyson, each with their own careers in peril, must solve what others assume is a straightforward case. But to unmask a killer they must unpick a complex puzzle - where the motivations of the witnesses are as mystifying as the crime itself.
How can you solve a crime if anyone could be lying?
Praise for S. R. White:
'A taut, beautifully observed slow-burner with an explosive finish' PETER MAY
'Original, compelling and highly recommended' CHRIS HAMMER
'Gripping' THE GUARDIAN
'A fascinating case' SUNDAY TIMES
'It draws you in - and rewards with a truly powerful ending' HEAT
'This slow-burn novel catches light' THE SUN
'The story takes place over less than 48 hours but the pace is slow-burn, relying on considerable psychological depth...the denouement hits like a knockout punch' WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
'A dark and compulsive read' WOMAN & HOME
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
S.R. White has stepped away from his popular Dana Russo series to write this standalone whodunnit that revels in unreliable perspectives. When a coffee-shop waitress is murdered in the titular apartment block in a ‘safe’ Australian middle-class suburb, a pair of detectives interview the five witnesses whose flats overlook the crime scene. But none of their testimony matches up, setting the table for a rewarding puzzler that’s part Rashomon and part Rear Window. Even after triangulating the different angles and timeframes, the detectives have their work cut out for them in this uncommonly tricky setup. Fans of Chris Hammer and Jane Harper should enjoy the dry police banter, sturdy character building and winking Australiana in this layered crime tale.
