Compulsive mystery read

• Published date: 25 May 2023
• Publication title: Katikati Advertiser

by Joan Sauers, Allen & Unwin, $36.99

Once again I have been blindsided by a spellbinding new novel by an Australian female author.

Her name is Joan Sauers and the story is called Echo Lake. Born in New York and with a writing career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, London and New York on her resume, Sauers is now settled in Australa, splitting her time between Sydney and the Southern Highlands.

In the sleepy and scenic Southern Highlands, a beautiful young woman goes missing. Six years later recently divorced historian Rose McHugh says goodbye to city life in Sydney to start a new life in the Highlands and finds a roll of film buried in her new back garden, On the film are photos of the missing woman.

Against the advice of the local detective, Rose uses her powers...