{"product_id":"when-the-deep-dark-bush-swallows-you-whole-geoff-parkes","title":"When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole - Geoff Parkes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\" style=\"height: 894px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eDifficult to put down - the 1980's King Country setting \u0026amp; the shearing gang gives this book a real sense of place.  Keeps you guessing - it could be absolutely anyone.  Thoroughly enjoyed it.  Sara \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA missing woman . . . a townful of suspects.  The haunting debut crime novel that transports the reader back to the 1980s and a small rural town in New Zealand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘She wasn’t the first and she wouldn’t be the last; swallowed into the deep, dark recesses of the King Country bush, never to be seen again.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s January 1983. During his university summer break, Ryan Bradley returns to the remote town of Nashville in New Zealand’s rugged King Country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a bittersweet trip: he’s working long, punishing hours as a woolpresser, he needs to sell his late mother’s house, and he’s increasingly feeling like an outcast in his childhood town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut mostly he’s haunted by memories of Sanna Sovernen, a Finnish backpacker and his secret lover, who worked with him in the shearing shed the summer before - then vanished without trace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Sanna’s sister Emilia has arrived from Finland, determined to get answers - and as he’s the workmate who reported Sanna missing, she wants Ryan’s help. Because Emilia knows her sister was not the first female traveller in the area to disappear . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The stunning King Country landscape and scenery imbue the story with a real atmospheric sense of place. Fans of Chris Hammer \u0026amp; J P Pomare will enjoy this gripping debut.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks + Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A deftly wrought novel, compelling and complex. I loved it.’ MARGARET HICKEY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A gripping murder mystery set in 1980s small-town New Zealand, capturing the stifling atmosphere of a community steeped in secrets. With relentless suspense and a rich cast of characters, this impressive debut keeps the reader guessing to the very end.' ROSE CARLYLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to the RNZ interview with Geoff Parkes here \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/saturday\/audio\/2018974032\/geoff-parkes-from-rugby-to-rural-noir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\" style=\"height: 921px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46744367005850,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/9781761356797WhenTheDeepDarkBushSwallowsYouWhole.jpg?v=1771199296","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.live\/products\/when-the-deep-dark-bush-swallows-you-whole-geoff-parkes","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}