This superb psychological thriller, set in and around the Ruahine Range, is narrated by Emily Kirkland, a successful children's book illustrator who returns from London to care for her father who is suffering from dementia. A neighbouring woman disappeared 25 years previously, and Emily gradually starts to realise that her father knows more about it than she ever knew. He's struggling with his memory, however, and Emily is also squabbling with older siblings about their father's care, and his will and what will happen with his estate after his death. This is a very moving, psychologically astute book, hard to put down, and it races to an unexpected conclusion. Brilliant!