An outstanding first novel The Age.

Winner of the Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for Best Young Adult Crime Novel

They should have seen who killed Debbie. The clues were in front of them the whole time.

Yackandandah, Victoria. A small and close-knit town where everyone knows their neighbour. Life here is dull, and safe. But eight years ago, out along Station Road, things started catching fire. Then a girl was killed, and someone got smart with the name.Now it’s happening again. There’s a fire. Matt Tingle and Chess Febey find a friend, drowned in a pond.Chess isn’t Matt’s friend. She’s one of those people you get stuck with - well meaning, total liability. But she knows how to answer questions, and there are plenty of those: Why are Tara and Wando afraid? What is the meaning of the amber necklace? How can a car be blue and white at the same time?

Before they can find the truth, Matt and Chess have to put themselves in danger, they have to look deep into themselves, and they have to reveal things about the past.Other people’s secrets … … and the truth about what happened all those years ago, on Devastation Road.