In 1992, toddler Yasmin Munoz goes missing from a rainforest picnic spot near Cairns. No trace of her has ever been found. Yet in 2012, Andrew Todd, a wealthy businessman and former mayor of Cairns, dies, and leaves in his will directions for a search for the missing child, who if she is still alive must now be a young woman.

Cairns detective Cass Diamond is asked to help with the search. But Cass sometimes exceeds professional boundaries... She discovers that in 1990, popular university student Chloe Campion also went missing, from a party in Brisbane celebrating her engagement to the son of Andrew Todd. 

Police enquiries at the time of of the child's disappearance found no link with the Campion case. But Cass is curious.

The story twists and turns, leaving the reader guessing, then guessing again...

Author

Caroline de Costa

Caroline de Costa is a professor at the School of Medicine at James Cook University, Cairns. Her publications include Hail Caesar, which was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (Science Writing) in 2008 and a number of health books for women.  She  won the 2013 Prix de l’Academie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux and the 2014 Prix de l’Academie des Arts et des Lettres du Perigord for her publication co-authored with Francesca Miller, The Diva and Doctor God – letters from Sarah Bernhardt to Dr Samuel Pozzi.

Country of Origin

Books:

Series: Cass Diamond

Review Missing Pieces, Caroline de Costa
Karen Chisholm
Friday, January 11, 2019
Review Review - DOUBLE MADNESS, Caroline de Costa
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Blog Currently Reading - Double Madness, Caroline de Costa
Karen Chisholm
Monday, July 27, 2015
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Review Missing Pieces, Caroline de Costa
Karen Chisholm
Friday, January 11, 2019

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