The Pearl Dept
The phone call shatters Zephyrine's world: her father's boat found empty, scorched, off Rottnest Island. But the fire on the bow, not the engine, screams a truth the water police....
The phone call shatters Zephyrine's world: her father's boat found empty, scorched, off Rottnest Island. But the fire on the bow, not the engine, screams a truth the water police refuse to see. As a woman who built her career on spotting the details others miss, Zephyrine knows this isn't a tragic accident; it's a deliberate act, a message written in char and ash. With her father missing and the official story riddled with holes, she's plunged into a dangerous underworld where loyalty is bought, and secrets are deadly. Can she uncover the truth behind his disappearance before she becomes the next casualty in a game she never asked to play?