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The Housemate
The Housemate
The Housemate
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The Housemate

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The new standalone thriller from the award-winning writer of the bestselling Gemma Woodstock trilogy.

Three housemates. One dead, one missing and one accused of murder. 

Dubbed the Housemate Homicide, it's a mystery that has baffled Australians for almost a decade. 

Melbourne-based journalist Olive Groves worked on the story as a junior reporter and became obsessed by the case. Now, nine years later, the missing housemate turns up dead on a remote property. Olive is once again assigned to the story, this time reluctantly paired with precocious millennial podcaster Cooper Ng.

As Oli and Cooper unearth new facts about the three housemates, a dark web of secrets is uncovered. The revelations catapult Oli back to the death of the first housemate, forcing her to confront past traumas and insecurities that have risen to the surface again.

What really happened between the three housemates that night? Will Oli's relentless search for the murderer put her new family in danger? And could her suspicion that the truth lies closer to home threaten her happiness and even her sanity?

A riveting, provocative thriller from the bestselling author of The Dark LakeInto the Night and Where the Dead Go.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPolis Books
Release dateJun 27, 2023
ISBN9781957957265
Author

Sarah Bailey

Sarah Bailey lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has two young sons and a degree in journalism. She has enjoyed a career in advertising working in large global firms and is currently a partner at creative projects agency Mr. Smith. THE DARK LAKE is her first novel.

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    The "Housemate Homicide" dominated the news nearly a decade ago in Victoria, when one girl was killed, one disappeared and one was convicted of murder. Now the convicted killer has served her sentence, and the missing housemate has turned up dead.Oli Groves was a young journalist who worked on the original case and she remembers it well. She never understood then what had prompted the murder. Now she has been assigned to the case again, but the newspaper wants a more modern approach: a podcast as well as print articles.The double time frame is challenging from the beginning as Oli and the photographer she is working with try to track down as many of the people involved in the original case as they can. Oli is still trying to work out the motive behind the original killing. She is convinced there is much more to the story than was originally uncovered.The plot becomes increasingly more complex as the book develops and raises issues that are very contemporary in their overtones.

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