This is a compulsive read. I really enjoyed it. Very atmospheric and the details made the setting and characters live in my mind. It’s a whodunnit, but one that it more about the characters lives than ‘just’ the crime.

Curtain twitching on overdrive. The Grapevine is proof that life in suburbia is never quite as it seems. A wonderful cast of characters (don't we all know a Cecil?) this is a book to devour

This book is brilliantly written! I loved everything about it and would highly recommend it!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC

The hook: a quiet suburban street in Canberra, Australia 1979. What a lovely place to live. Unless you're the teenage Italian boy whose dismembered foot has been found in the wasteland at the back.
Full intrigue along with a. stunning and evocative claustrophobic 1970s setting. This is written with effortless grace. It's a rich tapestry of a book that's psychologically astute. Think 'The List of Suspicious Things' but warmer and with kangaroos.
It's loaded with clever takedown of misogyny, homophobia, racism and xenophobia. The wit and humour is subtle but cutting.
You'll love this.if: you like sharp takedowns of the flaws of people and society.