A breathtaking thriller from the Miles Franklin Award鈥搘inning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens.
Sri Lanka, 2009. Decades of civil war and bloodshed are being brought to an end at last鈥攂y any means necessary. In the capital, Colombo, tenacious journalist Ameena Fernando is murdered, execution-style, on a busy street near her home, with no witnesses.
With pressure growing to find Ameena鈥檚 killer, CIA agent Ellie Harper is sent to seek justice for the journalist鈥檚 death, with strict instructions: find something, but not too much. It鈥檚 her first time returning to the island after her last mission went tragically awry four years prior, and Ellie has more than one ghost to lay to rest. Amid the international scheming and jostling for stakes in post-war Sri Lanka, Ellie follows the trail of secrets on a mission to uncover a truth worth killing for.
About the author:
Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband and four children. She is the author of Song of the Sun God, The Barrier, Safe Haven, Unfinished Business and Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
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