The Girl on the Yacht
(2026)(The second book in the Lost Australians series)
A novel by Caitlyn Lynch
Sixteen years ago, four-year-old Lotte Van Kempen vanished from the deck of a luxury yacht. Officially, she drowned. But her body was never recovered, her parents left the country, and too many questions were never answered.
Investigative podcaster Zara Langley knows better than to get emotionally attached to cold cases. But when a troubled young woman claims to be the missing Lotte, Zara can’t walk away. Each clue drags her deeper: a nervous suspect with everything to lose, powerful parents with secrets to protect, and a family torn apart by guilt, money, and betrayal.
As Zara hunts for the truth, her investigation tangles with an active Border Force operation and leads straight into the dark world of human trafficking, where the stakes are life and death, and the past is never really gone.
The deeper Zara digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. The line between victim and witness blurs, and Zara must choose: uncover a family’s darkest secrets, or stop more lives from being destroyed.
Some cases won’t ever be solved. Some truths refuse to stay buried. And some people just won’t let go.
Genre: Mystery
Investigative podcaster Zara Langley knows better than to get emotionally attached to cold cases. But when a troubled young woman claims to be the missing Lotte, Zara can’t walk away. Each clue drags her deeper: a nervous suspect with everything to lose, powerful parents with secrets to protect, and a family torn apart by guilt, money, and betrayal.
As Zara hunts for the truth, her investigation tangles with an active Border Force operation and leads straight into the dark world of human trafficking, where the stakes are life and death, and the past is never really gone.
The deeper Zara digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. The line between victim and witness blurs, and Zara must choose: uncover a family’s darkest secrets, or stop more lives from being destroyed.
Some cases won’t ever be solved. Some truths refuse to stay buried. And some people just won’t let go.
Genre: Mystery
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