Lowbridge
by Lucy Campbell
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Pub Date Jul 06 2023 | Archive Date Jul 01 2023
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Description
A missing girl. Decades of silence. A secret too big to bury.
1987: It’s late summer and a time of change when a 17-year-old girl leaves the local shopping centre in the sleepy town of Lowbridge and is never seen again. Her unsolved disappearance is never far from the town’s memory. There’s those who grew up in the shadow of her loss whose own lives were altered forever, and those who know more than they’re saying.
It just takes an outsider to ask the right questions. 2018: Katherine Ashworth, shattered by the death of her daughter, moves to her husband’s hometown. Searching for a way to pick up the pieces of her life, she joins the local historical society and becomes obsessed with the three-decades-old mystery.
As Katherine digs into that summer of 1987, she stumbles upon the trail of a second girl who vanished and was never missed because no one cared enough to see what was happening in plain sight. Her trail could lead right to Katherine’s door.
In a town simmering with divisions and a cast of unforgettable characters, Lowbridge is a heart-wrenching mystery about the girls who are lost, the ones who are mourned and those who are forgotten.
Advance Praise
'A thrilling mystery, Lowbridge is a book full of twists and turns and, unexpectedly, hope.' – Aoife Clifford, author of When We Fall
'Lowbridge will stay with me. Seamlessly interwoven timelines pull readers into the mystery at the heart of the town. Lucy Campbell has crafted a passionate exploration of women's fights for safety, rights, and each other.' – Ashley Kalagian Blunt, author of Dark Mode
‘Lowbridge is a compelling mystery with vividly drawn characters, a gripping tale with a commentary about class in Australia. I loved it.’ – Mali Waugh, author of Judgement Day
‘A total page-turner, where the past and present collide with spectacular force.’ – Christine Keighery, author of The Half Brother
‘Fans of Jane Harper’s Exiles, Shelley Burr’s Wake and Hayley Scrivenor’s Dirt Townwill be hooked as Lowbridge brings a tragic small-town mystery and community divide into the spotlight, uncovering long-buried secrets and grief that lingers throughout the decades.’ – Books+Publishing
'Moving and beautiful. The perfect portrait of a small town and the damage it can do, the lies it makes you live.' – Adrian Hyland, author of Canticle Creek
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781761152450 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 384 |
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Featured Reviews
Kevin H, Reviewer
I was recently auto-approved by Ultimo Press, a small Australian publishing house. This is the third book I have read from them and I have to say I have been very impressed so far.
In this novel, Kat moves to Lowbridge, her husband's hometown, after suffering a significant trauma. Retreating into depression and alcohol, Kat searches for something to give her life meaning and stumbles across the Lowbridge historical offices and becomes involved in various projects which highlight the history of the small town. One of these projects is the disappearance decades earlier of a young girl, but when investigating this disappearance, Kat stumbles across a second girl, one who no-one has really missed.
What happened to those two girls, what secrets are this small town hiding and what does her husband know about the missing girls?
Like I say, I was pleasantly surprised by this novel. The sense of the small town and its people really came through and the pacing of the novel was brilliant as it moved between past and present, bringing them together with an exciting conclusion. No great over-the-top drama, no suspension of realism, just a really good story, well told.
Definitely an author I will look out for in the future.
Thanks to Netgalley and Ultimo Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review
Michael B, Reviewer
Australian debut author Lucy Campbell’s, Lowbridge is her first crime fiction novel. Katherine Ashworth and her husband Jamie move back to his childhood town of Lowbridge, to move on from the grief of their daughter’s fatal accident. Struggling to function, Katherine stumbles across the local Historic Society and finds solace in assisting a local fundraiser based on the 1939 bushfires that almost destroyed the town. She then becomes aware of the tragic disappearance of a 17-year-old girl in 1987 which was a tumultuous time in the town’s history, as the battle for a Woman’s Support Service was causing division amongst locals. The narrative switches seamlessly between time periods in 1987 and 2018, with the hidden past and secrets having ramifications no one can foresee. It’s a captivating read with a depth of characters and events that make for a spell-binding story that has a heart and makes it an incredible debut with a five stars must-read rating. With thanks to Ultimo Press and the author, for an uncorrected advanced review copy for review purposes. As always, the opinions herein are totally my own and freely given.
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