Red River Road : a novel

Red River Road A novel

Anna Downes

Book - 2024

"Katy Sweeney is determined to find her sister. A year earlier, just three weeks into a solo vanlife trip, free-spirited Phoebe vanished without a trace on Western Australia's remote and achingly beautiful Coral Coast. With no witnesses, no leads, and no DNA evidence, the case has gone cold. But Katy refuses to give up. Using Phoebe's social media accounts as a map, Katy starts to retrace her steps, searching for the clues that the police have missed. Was Phoebe being followed? Who had she met along the way, and what danger did they pose? Was she as happy as her sun-bleached, lens-flared photos seem to suggest? Then Katy's path collides with that of Beth, a young woman on the run from her own dark past--and very recent p...resent. And as Katy realizes that Beth might be her best and only chance of finding the truth, the two women form an uneasy alliance to venture forth into increasingly wild territory to find out what really happened to Phoebe in this breathtaking but maybe deadly place, and how her fate connects them all."--

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Subjects
Sisters > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Self-realization in women > Fiction.
Sœurs > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Personnes disparues > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Réalisation de soi chez la femme > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Australia > Fiction.
Australie > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Psychological fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.
Romans.
Genres
Psychological fiction
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels
Romans
Published
New York : Minotaur Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Anna Downes (author)
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Description
pages cm
ISBN
9781250868015
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Review by Booklist Review

Downes (The Shadow House, 2022) takes readers on a harrowing journey along Australia's scenic west coast. Katy, traveling alone in a van, is searching for her sister, Phoebe, who disappeared while traveling solo along the same route. She is using Phoebe's blog and social-media posts to find clues. Sleeping in isolated campsites, drinking too much, and wary of creepy men, she meets Beth, aka Lily, who is obviously running from something. Katy offers Beth a chance to travel with her, hoping that they can work together to find Phoebe. Beth is trying to escape from an abusive relationship with Lucas, who considers her his personal property. Readers will enjoy the suspense and many plot twists along with the accounts of multiple unreliable narrators as the characters navigate the beautiful, winding roads. They will also think twice about solo van travel in isolated areas. The author provides a good mix of psychological terror and social commentary about women's issues, with a surprise ending.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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