Homecoming

A breathtaking mystery of love,lies and a cold case come back to lifetold with Morton’s trademark intricacy and beauty. Adelaide HillsChristmas Eve1959. At the end of a scorching hot daybeside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious housea local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is calledand the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia. Many years later and thousands of miles awayJess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decadesshe now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. Until a phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydneywhere her beloved grandmotherNorahas suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital. At Nora’s houseJess discovers a true crime book that chronicles the police investigation into a long-buried event: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve1959. It is only when Jess skims through the pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous scandal – a murder mystery that has never been resolved satisfactorily.