The Sinkings by Amanda Curtin

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Some foxing to right foredge.

In 1882, dismembered human remains were discovered at the Sinkings, a lonely campsite near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim identified as a man, Little Jock, a former convict? And why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome? More than a hundred years later, grief-stricken Willa Samson embarks on a search to find out.

Merging stories past and present, intricately crafted, The Sinkings takes its inspiration from actual events leading up to the discovery of Little Jock's remains and the controversy surrounding their identification. (back cover)