A Madness of Sunshine
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4.8 • 9 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town with a killer hiding in plain sight . . .
'One of the year's must-read thrillers' Bustle
'Compelling' Guardian
Golden Cove was a peaceful town.
Then one fateful summer a tragedy shattered the trust holding the community together. All that's left are whispers behind closed doors, broken friendships and a silent agreement to never look back. But you can't run from the past forever.
Eight years later, a young woman disappears without a trace, and the residents of Golden Cove wonder if their home shelters something far more dangerous than an unforgiving landscape.
The town's dark past and haunted present are about to collide . . . in a murder mystery that's been years in the making.
'Exceptional first crime novel' Publishers Weekly
'A chilling and unexpected finish' Library Journal
'Accomplished' Sunday Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Paranormal romance bestseller Singh (the Guild Hunter series) ventures into noir territory with this atmospheric if flawed thriller. Classical pianist Anahera Rawiri flees London for Golden Cove, the remote New Zealand hometown she couldn't wait to leave eight years earlier, soon after her playwright husband suddenly dies and his pregnant mistress subsequently surprises her. But before Anahera can even start to come to terms with the tragic past she tried to put in the rearview mirror, there's an emergency in Golden Cove: beautiful, universally beloved teen Miriama Hinewai Tutaia vanishes during her daily run, reminding those with long memories of three young female hikers who disappeared from the town during a single summer 15 years before. And in this largely Maori community with little trust of either outsiders or the law, it falls to cop Will Gallagher, a recent arrival with plenty of his own baggage, to lead the search. Though Will and the equally prickly Anahera initially butt heads, the crisis quickly promotes mutual respect and maybe even warmer sentiments. Several members of the cast, particularly the men who become prime suspects in Miri's disappearance, come across as plot-propelled chameleons. But the one character that rings absolutely true is the untamed, sometimes treacherous, always breathtaking New Zealand landscape.
