Wild Place
Christian White
Reviewed by Helen
This was my first Christian White book and I thoroughly enjoyed it, it takes in the neighbourhood around bushland called wild place which is in the suburb of Camp Hill in Australia, we get to know quite a few of the residents as the author digs deep into their lives when a young seventeen year old girl Tracie Reed goes missing in December 1989, one resident Tom Whitter is sure he knows something about what happened to her, but does he know the full story?
Nancy Reed and her husband Owen are getting divorced they have a daughter Tracie who is seventeen and she is not happy about it, when she goes missing her mother rings the police but they don’t appear to be taking it seriously they say she has run away but a mother knows that it is something more.
The local neighbourhood watch at one of their regular meetings have arranged posters to put up about the missing girl they are determined to help bring her home, one person Tom Whitter takes this very seriously and starts to do some investigating himself convinced that his eighteen year old neighbour Sean knows more that he is saying and questions him.
This small suburban town is convinced that there is acts of Satanism happening in the area and are determined to do what they think the police are not doing and it feels like a couple are turning into vigilantism they are so determined to find out what happened to Tracie, Tom Whitter has started the thoughts and continues to push forward.
Tom Whitter played such a big part in this story as he uncovers secrets that will shock him no end, he seemed like such a quiet man a local man who now teaches at the local high school the ending rocked me with a big twist and I am still not sure if I think it was the right way for me personally but yes this is a great story and is one that I would recommend to anyone who like a good thriller that has you thinking throughout.
Nancy Reed and her husband Owen are getting divorced they have a daughter Tracie who is seventeen and she is not happy about it, when she goes missing her mother rings the police but they don’t appear to be taking it seriously they say she has run away but a mother knows that it is something more.
The local neighbourhood watch at one of their regular meetings have arranged posters to put up about the missing girl they are determined to help bring her home, one person Tom Whitter takes this very seriously and starts to do some investigating himself convinced that his eighteen year old neighbour Sean knows more that he is saying and questions him.
This small suburban town is convinced that there is acts of Satanism happening in the area and are determined to do what they think the police are not doing and it feels like a couple are turning into vigilantism they are so determined to find out what happened to Tracie, Tom Whitter has started the thoughts and continues to push forward.
Tom Whitter played such a big part in this story as he uncovers secrets that will shock him no end, he seemed like such a quiet man a local man who now teaches at the local high school the ending rocked me with a big twist and I am still not sure if I think it was the right way for me personally but yes this is a great story and is one that I would recommend to anyone who like a good thriller that has you thinking throughout.
4 stars
Published October 26th 2021
