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In Conversation with Darcy Tindale

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Burning Mountain

Darcy Tindale.

Five friends went up - Four came down.

‘Dark, wild and cracking with tension, Burning Mountain leaves
other outback noir titles in the red dust.’ - Jack Heath

Darcy Tindale | Photo: Sally Griffiths

Detective Rebecca Giles returns in Darcy Tindale’s highly anticipated sequel, Burning Mountain. Drawing inspiration from Darcy’s childhood in the Upper Hunter Valley, her second novel offers a candid portrait of rural Australia, the unspoken secrets that small communities often harbour and the devastating ramifications they can cause.In April 2006, fifteen-year-old Oliver vanished without a trace while hiking on Burning Mountain. His schoolfriends Bob, Bell, Phil and Paul were the last people to see him alive, yet the teenagers were never able to explain his disappearance. Nearly twenty years later, Detective Giles is called to nearby Mount Wingen, where a skull has been unearthed, reviving the long-standing mystery that has haunted the Upper Hunter for years. Giles believes they have finally found Oliver and suspects his four friends, now in their mid-thirties, have always known more than they first admitted, particularly about the argument that caused Oliver to head down the mountain alone. However, when discussing the case with her retired Superintendent father, another suspect emerges, one uncomfortably close to home.Authentic, intelligently plotted and full of heart, Burning Mountain explores the lengths we go to in order to protect those we love and the way our upbringing and the actions of our past selves shape the people we become.

Burning Mountain | Darcy Tindale

About the author

Darcy Tindale is an actor, author, theatresports player and director, and has appeared in television commercials, film and on stage. She has written comedy for radio, stage, media personalities, comedians, and theatre restaurants. Her short stories, plays and poems have been published in anthologies, journals and magazines. Her first novel, The Fall Between, came out in 2023 and was shortlisted for the Davitt Awards and the Ned Kelly Awards.

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