In the secluded valley of Hermit's Hollow, where property boundaries are measured to the centimetre and neighbours watch each other's every move, the disappearance of Malcolm Tierney breaks the community's fragile equilibrium.
When Constable Jodi receives the call—from a community that never invites outsiders in—she knows something disturbing has occurred. Malcolm, a meticulous man who documented his neighbours' every transgression, has vanished without feeding his only companion: his dog.
As Jodi and her partner Fletch investigate, they discover Malcolm's house filled with journals detailing boundary disputes, suspected trespasses, and most disturbingly, a cryptic note: "Found something interesting about V. She's not who she claims to be."
The residents of Hermit's Hollow maintain a facade of privacy while scrutinising each other's every move. Behind elaborate fences and carefully tended gardens, Jodi uncovers a web of resentments, territorial obsessions, and decades-old secrets.
When Malcolm's dog also disappears and disturbed soil is found at property boundaries, Jodi must determine whether Malcolm's obsessive documentation led him to a truth someone would kill to keep buried.
As the unofficial leader of the Hollow, Vera Blackwood, warns Jodi away from further investigation, one thing becomes clear: in a place where everyone watches yet no one sees, the most dangerous boundaries are not the ones marked on the land, but those crossed when isolation turns deadly.
Genre: Mystery
When Constable Jodi receives the call—from a community that never invites outsiders in—she knows something disturbing has occurred. Malcolm, a meticulous man who documented his neighbours' every transgression, has vanished without feeding his only companion: his dog.
As Jodi and her partner Fletch investigate, they discover Malcolm's house filled with journals detailing boundary disputes, suspected trespasses, and most disturbingly, a cryptic note: "Found something interesting about V. She's not who she claims to be."
The residents of Hermit's Hollow maintain a facade of privacy while scrutinising each other's every move. Behind elaborate fences and carefully tended gardens, Jodi uncovers a web of resentments, territorial obsessions, and decades-old secrets.
When Malcolm's dog also disappears and disturbed soil is found at property boundaries, Jodi must determine whether Malcolm's obsessive documentation led him to a truth someone would kill to keep buried.
As the unofficial leader of the Hollow, Vera Blackwood, warns Jodi away from further investigation, one thing becomes clear: in a place where everyone watches yet no one sees, the most dangerous boundaries are not the ones marked on the land, but those crossed when isolation turns deadly.
Genre: Mystery
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