Following on from her acclaimed debut novel, Everywhere We Look, Left Behind is a stand-alone mystery following a camping trip on K'gari (previously known as Fraser Island) that goes awry when people start to go missing.
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Two couples — Annabelle and Luke, Des and Julianni — embark on a camping trip to K’gari, a picturesque island off Queensland’s coast. Things have been tough lately, but this holiday is just what they need — white sands, clear waters, a chance to decompress and reconnect.
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But there is an unnerving electricity in the air and people are acting strangely. Annabelle notices a man digging off a dark beach track in the middle of the night. She hears moaning in the amenities block: a couple getting their kicks or something more sinister? Then two campers mysteriously disappear, their belongings found abandoned near the beach.
When an old friend of Luke’s arrives, Annabelle’s suspicions reach fever pitch. And with a deadly storm approaching, danger lurks at every turn.
The island, an endlessly shifting landmass of sand, changing and changing again, will survive as it always has. But will they?
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Publisher, Brigid Mullane, says: ‘Martine Kropkowski returns with another stunning novel complete with ominous dingoes, strange occurrences, an oncoming cyclone and with the kind of psychological tension and high stakes that will keep readers guessing. The result is an undefinable look at the things that scare us — the fears that we give our attention to and those that we bury, too frightened to confront.’
Left Behind will be published 30 September 2025 and is available to pre-order now.
"visually spectacular and gripping"