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. 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.
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.’
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AN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY GREAT READ, Left Behind continues Kropkowski's investigation into what crime fiction can be and do.
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"visually spectacular and gripping"