The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's
Daughter a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime the effects of which echo across
continents and generations Adelaide Hills Christmas Eve 1959: At the end of a scorching hot
day beside a creek in the grounds of the grand and mysterious house a local delivery man
makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla
becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of
South Australia. Many years later and thousands of miles away Jess is a journalist in search
of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years she now finds herself
laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere
summons her back to Sydney where her beloved grandmother Nora who raised Jess when her
mother could not has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital. At Nora's house Jess
discovers a book that chronicles the police investigation into a long-buried crime: the Turner
Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the pages that she
finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous event ? a murder
mystery that has never been resolved satisfactorily. An epic novel that spans generations
Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love and how we protect the lies we tell. It
explores the power of motherhood the corrosive effects of tightly held secrets and the
healing nature of truth. Above all it is a beguiling and immensely satisfying novel from one
of the finest writers working today.
