A young woman. A pool of blood, in a Cairns Motel.
A young Asian woman lies in a pool of blood in a Cairns motel. Transferred to hospital, she dies
before she can tell her story. Detective Cass Diamond and her team are soon on
the case. Searching through her possessions, the police begin to ask questions:
Was the woman part of a sex-trafficking ring? Who brought her to Cairns? Are
other women in danger? Soon it appears
that many women may be missing. Could
their disappearance be linked to the brutal murder of a Cairns sex worker
several years earlier?
Meanwhile a group of Cairns schoolgirls have become involved, one of
them having witnessed the discovery of the young woman in the motel.
Unconnected to the detectives, the girls pursue their own investigations. Will
they pry too far?
As these parallel searches progress, the story moves to the tropical
rainforest surrounding Cairns, beautiful but capable of hiding many things.
What secrets does it hold, who else may be concealed in its depths?
The third Cass Diamond mystery explores sex
trafficking and abortion, teenage emotions and adult mischief, in a story as
densely branched as the rainforest itself. Caroline de Costa holds her readers
captive until the very last word.
