Gemini Falls
Sean Wilson
Reviewed by Helen
This is a fabulous story set in 1930 the time of the depression, things were hard for many people, Detective Jude Turner lives in Melbourne with his daughter Lottie and son Morris, when a young girl is murdered in his home town of Gemini he Is sent to investigate, this means moving his family back to the town he left many years ago never to return.
Gemini is a small country coal town, young Morris who is thirteen doesn’t know much about it as his father will not talk about it or his mother who died years ago, the family arrives at the Turner farm that is now run by Morris’s uncle James, he also has an aunt and cousin Flo who is the same age as him, Flo and Morris becomes close friends with Sam the Mayor’s son and the three of them set out to uncover the truth about the young girls death.
There are many suspects according to Flo they have the people living in the camps situated around the town and a couple of other people but Morris is sure that there is more to this murder and befriends young Ollie the brother of the murdered girl who is in a wheel chair because of polio and he learns a few things from him, but soon there are old secrets being uncovered and Morris is learning a lot about his family.
This story is told from Morris’s point of view and had me turning the pages, it was a compelling read from start to finish, well written and engaging, I loved Morris he has a lot of insecurities which we see throughout the story and his love of the stars that he has learnt from his father always seem to help him relax. I would highly recommend this story, fabulous characters and a well described setting and of course a great story.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy to read and review.
Gemini is a small country coal town, young Morris who is thirteen doesn’t know much about it as his father will not talk about it or his mother who died years ago, the family arrives at the Turner farm that is now run by Morris’s uncle James, he also has an aunt and cousin Flo who is the same age as him, Flo and Morris becomes close friends with Sam the Mayor’s son and the three of them set out to uncover the truth about the young girls death.
There are many suspects according to Flo they have the people living in the camps situated around the town and a couple of other people but Morris is sure that there is more to this murder and befriends young Ollie the brother of the murdered girl who is in a wheel chair because of polio and he learns a few things from him, but soon there are old secrets being uncovered and Morris is learning a lot about his family.
This story is told from Morris’s point of view and had me turning the pages, it was a compelling read from start to finish, well written and engaging, I loved Morris he has a lot of insecurities which we see throughout the story and his love of the stars that he has learnt from his father always seem to help him relax. I would highly recommend this story, fabulous characters and a well described setting and of course a great story.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
September 27, 2022 by Affirm Press
