Homecoming

A brand-new book from award-winning author Kate Morton read by powerhouse Emmy award–winning actress Claire Foy. This breathtaking mystery of love lies and a cold case come back to life is told with Morton's trademark intricacy and beauty.Adelaide Hills Christmas Eve 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious house a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and 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 away Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decades she 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 Sydney where her beloved grandmother Nora has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.At Nora’s house Jess discovers a true crime book that chronicles the police investigation into a long-buried event: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve 1959. 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.2023 Queensland Literary Awards Short-listed2024 Indie Book Awards Fiction Long-listed2024 Australian Book Design Awards Short-listed2024 Australian Book Industry Award General Fiction Book of the Year Short-listed2024 The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards Gold Dagger Long-listed