The Creeper
Margaret Hickey
Reviewed by Helen
It is ten years since the murder of five hikers up on Jagged Ridge on the mountain above the small town of Edenville in Victoria’s high country, murder suicide they said when the body of Bill “The Creeper” Durant is found at the scene, open closed case, but with the anniversary looming and a new young cop Sally White in town she is doing some digging on complaints she has received from Lex Durant, Bill’s brother and what she uncovers will have you turning the pages.
Sally is the only cop in the small town and her boyfriend Jim Brear is a park ranger and happens to be the hero who carried the only survivor, Laura down the hill ten years ago, he doesn’t talk about it much, and with Laura coming back to town with a film crew and organizing a vigil, Sally is determined to find answers to the accusations Lex is making about Bill and past discrimination to his family from the police at the time.
Is there a link between the victims it seems the more digging Sally does that there may be but she appears to be putting herself in danger with all of her inquiries and when her boss, who happened to be one of the first officers on the mountain ten years ago suggests that Sally take the family members up to Jagged Ridge for the vigil, Sally must go but will they come back down the hill alive? Will history repeat itself? Is the Creeper dead?
This is such a great story one that I highly recommend to any lovers of a good atmospheric thriller, with twists that had my head turning every which way, MS Hickey has bought the characters to life as well the suspense and the atmosphere on the mountain, I felt every movement up there as Sally finally uncovers what happened ten years ago, this is one not to be missed, I do hope that we see more of Sally in the future.
My thanks to Penguin Books AU for my copy to read and review.
Sally is the only cop in the small town and her boyfriend Jim Brear is a park ranger and happens to be the hero who carried the only survivor, Laura down the hill ten years ago, he doesn’t talk about it much, and with Laura coming back to town with a film crew and organizing a vigil, Sally is determined to find answers to the accusations Lex is making about Bill and past discrimination to his family from the police at the time.
Is there a link between the victims it seems the more digging Sally does that there may be but she appears to be putting herself in danger with all of her inquiries and when her boss, who happened to be one of the first officers on the mountain ten years ago suggests that Sally take the family members up to Jagged Ridge for the vigil, Sally must go but will they come back down the hill alive? Will history repeat itself? Is the Creeper dead?
This is such a great story one that I highly recommend to any lovers of a good atmospheric thriller, with twists that had my head turning every which way, MS Hickey has bought the characters to life as well the suspense and the atmosphere on the mountain, I felt every movement up there as Sally finally uncovers what happened ten years ago, this is one not to be missed, I do hope that we see more of Sally in the future.
My thanks to Penguin Books AU for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
July 30, 2024 by Bantam Aust
