Seven Mile Beach
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Publisher Description
From one of Australia's most acclaimed novelists—a "taut, suspenseful" psychological thriller about white lies, dark deeds, and the mysteries of self (Publishers Weekly).
It was just a harmless lie—to say he was driving Danny Grogan's car when it was caught speeding down the Sydney streets on New Year's Eve—and Danny's father, a billionaire real estate tycoon, has promised to make it worth his while. But only after former reporter Nick Carmody stands up in court to profess his guilt does he realize what he's admitting to. And it's too late.
Nick's "good deed" hurls him into a world of corruption, drugs, and murder. To save his life, he has no choice but to disappear and become someone else. But a new identity can be even more dangerous than the one left behind. As his new life in Melbourne veers out of control, Nick has to question whether chance alone is responsible, or whether more sinister forces are at work.
A darkly comic page-turner, Seven Mile Beach is a haunting modern fable from the New York Times Notable author of The Sooterkin and The Adventures of Miles and Isabel.
"Unusual, fast, light, short, suspenseful, meaningful, and filled with an immigrant's pointed observations about identity and the possibility of changing it." —Josh Bazell, The New York Times Book Review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Australian author Gilling (The Adventures of Miles and Isabel) explores the perils of remaking oneself in this beguiling, darkly humorous tale. Nick Carmody's status as a scholarship student and Danny Grogan's wealthy background bonded them as "an alliance of outsiders" at boarding school. Nick's now a journalist on a Sydney tabloid; Danny's a drug-addicted nightclub owner. When Danny wrecks his sports car, Nick accepts a hefty sum from Danny's father to claim he was the driver. But this was no ordinary accident a man who may have been Danny's drug dealer was killed. Rather than face jail, Nick flees, assuming the identity of a stranger. His new life has a good start, complete with a dog and a girlfriend, until he learns that other men who share his new name are ending up dead. Coincidence? Or is Nick being hunted by the drug dealer's pals or Danny's father? Gilling delivers a taut, suspenseful reflection on identity that never pauses for a breath.
