{"product_id":"the-silent-listener-lyn-yeowart-9781760895730","title":"The Silent Listener","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE INDIE AWARDS BEST FICTION DEBUT 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Silent Listener is simply unforgettable.' Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A tale of suspense and revenge, beautifully written.' The Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A deftly wrought suspense novel from a remarkable new literary talent . . . A book that should be atop of everyone's reading list.' J. P. Pomare, author of Call Me Evie \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePropelling the reader back and forth between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s, The Silent Listener is an unforgettable literary suspense novel set in the dark, gothic heart of rural Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the cold, wet summer of 1960, 11-year-old Joy Henderson lives in constant fear of her father. She tries to make him happy but, as he keeps reminding her, she is nothing but a filthy sinner destined for Hell . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet, decades later, she returns to the family's farm to nurse him on his death bed. To her surprise, her 'perfect' sister Ruth is also there, whispering dark words, urging revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen the day after their father finally confesses to a despicable crime, Joy finds him dead - with a belt pulled tight around his neck . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Senior Constable Alex Shepherd, investigating George's murder revives memories of an unsolved case still haunting him since that strange summer of 1960- the disappearance of nine-year-old Wendy Boscombe. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs seemingly impossible facts surface about the Hendersons - from the past and the present - Shepherd suspects that Joy is pulling him into an intricate web of lies and that Wendy's disappearance is the key to the bizarre truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e****\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A book that should be atop of everyone's reading list. The prose is spectacular, and the characters so richly imagined. This is a novel about inherited violence and redemption packaged as a cracking psychological thriller.' J. P. Pomare, author of Call Me Evie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Intense, intricate, emotionally devastating. This is proper Australian gothica.' Liam Pieper, author of Sweetness and Light\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Totally addictive.' Books+Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A cracking thriller with heart. It intrigues, it twists and turns, it deftly combines the muddy domestic details of life on a Victorian farm with a black, Gothic sensibility of lies and violence and the heartbreaking fantasy world of a young child.' Jane Sullivan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A heartbreaking, terrifying and stunningly accomplished novel that had me holding my breath. Yeowart instantly pulled me into the life of a rural family dominated by an angry, insecure despot from its unnerving beginnings to its shocking end.' Kirsten Alexander, author of Half Moon Lake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Steeped in atmosphere and with taut, intricate plotting, The Silent Listener, contrary to its title, had me audibly gasping throughout.' Benjamin Stevenson, author of Either Side of Midnight \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An ingenious form of storytelling archaeology- down through layers of family trauma, the truths are finally brought to light.' Jock Serong, author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lyn Yeowart","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":43176563769587,"sku":"8880002567921","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781760895730.jpg?v=1662086018","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-silent-listener-lyn-yeowart-9781760895730","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}