Publisher's Synopsis
In 1998, the American Jorgenson family had been on a year-long road trip in Australia. One humid, storming night, the mother - Elsa Jorgenson - vanished in an isolated stretch of Australian everglades. Elsa was never seen again. That night, twelve-year-old Lily Jorgenson was left alone and terrified in the family camper - even her teenage sister Iris is missing. When Iris comes racing back through the rain, she refuses to tell where she's been. Lily is certain her sister is hiding a dark secret. 24 years later, Lily is a travel writer living a settled life with her son in Pennsylvania, USA. Lily and Iris are estranged, with Iris's secret having torn them apart. When floods dredge up their mother's backpack from the everglades, tantalising clues are uncovered, and the police reopen the cold case.
