The Last Bench

Carmel Harrington

Fiction

About this book

Journalist Vega Pearse arrives at the home of Anne and John Davis to interview them for a piece she is writing on the local drug crisis. Showing Vega around the beautiful blossom tree maze in their garden, Anne and John tell her about the daughter they lost who inspired it. As they approach the last bench in the maze, Vega’s sympathy with the couple’s story grows. But she starts to suspect there is something they’re not telling her. And secrets, like memories, rarely stay buried for ever . . .

This book contains reference to substance abuse and violence.