Hayley Scrivenor

Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor is a mesmerising novel exploring friendship, love, and the shadowy edges of human relationships. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Blue Mountains, the story revolves around Finn and her best friend, Daphne, who share a bond forged by shared tragedy. Both of them lost younger sisters to suicide, making their friendship intensely close, sometimes...

My best friend wore her name, Esther, like a queen wearing her crown at a jaunty angle. We were twelve years old when she went missing. On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Durton, best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together. Esther never makes it home. Ronnie's going to find her, she has a plan. Lewis will help. Their friend...

Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up together in the Blue Mountains. They've always had a close—sometimes too close—friendship. Now in their twenties, Daphne is at university and Finn is working in the Mountains and falling in love with a beautiful newcomer called Magdu. One fateful day, Finn, Daphne and Magdu go rock-climbing—and Magdu falls to her death....