When We Fall

When We Fall

By Aoife Clifford

Genre:-Crime Fiction/Mystery Fiction/FF

Blurb:-A vivid twisting story that keeps you guessing to the end. This is top-shelf Australian crime. Mark Brandi, author of The Others 'the combination of art, death and small town secrets makes for a sinister, complex tale that I could not put down.' Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake

In the wild, coastal town of Merritt, Alex Tillerson and her mother make a shocking find on the beach. The police claim it's an accidental death but there are whispers of murder and that it is not the first.

 'It isn't strangers you need to worry about here. Blood lines run deep and in unexpected places. every victim, every accused, we'll know. The past runs alongside us all the time. Some days it spills into the open.'

 Bella Greggs was found dead at the bottom of a ravine but drowned in salt water. Maxine McFarlane was pulled from the ocean but with no water in her lungs. Black feathers were found with both bodies but what do they mean?

 As Alex fights for answers to honour the dead, and to discover why her mother fled town a a teenager, good people keep looking the other way, memories become unreliable and secrets threaten to reveal the past. Alex discovers the truth never dies but it can kill...

 The gripping slice of Australian coastal noir from award-winning crime writer, Aoife Clifford

 Aoife Clifford is the author of All These Perfect Strangers, which was long-listed for both the Australian Industry General Fiction Book of the Year and the Voss Literary Prize, and Second Sight, a Publishers Weekly (starred review) and PW Pick for Book of the Week. Aoife's short stories have been published in Australia, United Kingdom and the United States, winning premier prizes such as the Scarlet Stiletto and the S.D, Harvey Ned Kelly Award.

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My Review:- Alex is a lawyer and her business isn't that busy at the moment  so she goes to spend some time with her mother, Denny. Alex has arrived in the coastal town of Merritt so she can spend some time with her mother who has early dementia. While walking along the beach they find a human leg. Alex waited for the police, which takes the local police two hours to arrive, and she's not impressed by Kingston Kelly the local officer. Alex is asked by the town folk if she would help investigate the deaths in the town. Once Alex starts looking in the deaths, she's sure that they are connected, but why and what has art got to do with it? There are plenty of twists and turns in this story. I will say watch for the Black feathers and what do they mean?