When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on her way home from school in the small town in rural Australia, the local community is thrown into a state of grief and suspicion. Ronnie is Esther's best friend and when her classmate Lewis tells her that he saw Esther with a strange man at the creek the afternoon she went missing, Ronnie feels she is one step closer to finding her. But why is Lewis refusing to speak to the police? An atmospheric crime novel set in rural Australia, for fans of Jane Harper's 'The Dry'.