Ruth and Simon reluctantly agree to let their teenage daughter, Heather, go on a camping holiday in Cornwall with her best friend, Kelly, and her family. Then they get the news that both girls have gone missing. Kelly is found alive, but Heather's body is eventually found in an old mine, her death ruled an accident. The tragedy ends Ruth and Simon's marriage. Ruth remarries and has another daughter, but when Beatrice reaches Heather's age, she too disappears ...
With FAR CRY, John Harvey presents a suspense story that might break your heart while it tugs at your intellect and quickens your pulse. What are the odds of one woman to lose two children through completely (seemingly) unrelated circumstances? Ruth Pierce is that very unlucky woman. Her first daughter's body washes up on the rocky shore after Ruth and her first husband allow her to go camping with a friend's family. Nearly a decade later, Ruth's second daughter from a second marriage just does not return from her music lesson. Detectives Helen Walker and Will Grayson, who have been investigating cases of child sexual abuse, get brought on when Ruth's second daughter disappears. Will they be able to find her? Is there a connection between the Ruth's two harrowing experiences of loss?
- Genre: Mystery + Crime, Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres
- Subgenre: Legal + Courtroom + Crime, General, Family + Friendship, Society + Social Issues
- Publisher: Thorndike Pr
- Pages: 649
- Edition: Large Print
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: September 1, 2010
- Date Published: September 1, 2010
- Author: John Harvey