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It was the Summer of 1979 in suburban Ridgefield in Australia when four-month-old Megan vanished. Her parents were at a dinner party in a neighbouring house in Wattlebury Court and when her father Frank went to check on her, the crib was empty. It decimated the family. It decimated the close-knit community. Their little slice of paradise turns sour. And you feel their pain, totally hooked on the sad story and their search for answers.
When the foundation set up in Megan's honour funds a podcast to investigate the case forty years on, the sands start to shift. Ruby Costa tells the story of the snatching of baby Megan in The Callaghan Baby Podcast, a Serial-esque true crime investigation of a 40 year cold case, and Ruby is firmly on the trail. Episode by episode we are drip fed information like breadcrumbs as Ruby follows the evidence, reviews the clues, reads the transcrips and delves into the detail.
When one night a stranger knocks at the Callaghan's door and claims to be Megan, we are plunged into a gripping mystery as their lives are turned upside down. Everyone is keen to believe the long lost sister and aunt Megan has been returned to them, except Billie who is worried that her mother who has already been hurt so much is so fragile and can't take another heartbreak. Flicking between present day, podcast episodes and That Night we follow their journey to the truth and the quest to find out where Megan has been all of this time. It's a gripping tale and I totally bought into the characters and the puzzle, reading late into the night, desperate for them all to wake from the nightmare, understand the hidden agendas and untangle the lies. Unputdownable.
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The Dinner Party Synopsis
The new exciting thriller by Rebecca Heath, author of THE SUMMER PARTY. A dark and twisty domestic thriller set in a seemingly idyllic suburban neighbourhood, where family secrets are best kept buried...
FOUR COUPLES.
Summer 1979. In the idyllic suburban neighbourhood of Ridgefield, Australia, during a scorching heat wave, four couples gather for their weekly dinner party.
AN ORDINARY EVENING.
When Frank Callaghan checks on the sleeping children, he finds an empty crib where his four-month-old daughter Megan should be sleeping. The party-goers swear they didn't see anything but each of them has something to hide.
THE BEGINNING OF A NIGHTMARE.
Forty years later, a stranger knocks at the Callaghan's door. She claims to be their missing daughter. And she's holding the blanket she was wrapped in the night she disappeared.
Shocked, the Callaghans must finally confront how well they know their neighbours, and ask themselves:
Where has Megan really been all this time?
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781804546109 |
| Publication date: |
6th June 2024 |
| Author: |
Rebecca Heath |
| Publisher: |
Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
416 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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Rebecca Heath Press Reviews
Well and truly establishes Heath as an author to watch, confirming her adeptness at presenting, then systematically dismantling, the shiny facades that hide the most shocking crimes... Unputdownable from start to finish - The Australian
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About Rebecca Heath
Rebecca Heath studied science at university, worked in hospitality and teaching, but she always carved out time to write. She lives in Adelaide, Australia, halfway between the city and the sea with her husband, three children and a much-loved border collie. Her debut adult novel, The Summer Party was released in 2023. This is her second adult novel.
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