THE FOSSIL HUNTER
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From USA TODAY bestselling author Tea Cooper comes the story of how a fossil discovered at London's Natural History Museum leads one woman back in time to nineteenth-century Australia and a world of scientific discovery and buried secrets.
Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman’s determination to unravel a nineteenth century mystery.
Australia, 1847.
The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush, a monster at her heels--but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie's overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur paleontologist convinced she will one day find proof that great sea dragons swam in the vast inland sea that millions of years ago covered her property. Mellie is instantly swept up in the dream.
Australia1919.
When Penelope Jane Martindale arrives home from the battlefields of World War I with the intention of making peace with her father and commemorating the death of her two younger brothers in the trenches, her reception is disappointing. Desperate for a distraction, she finds a connection between a fossil at London's Natural History Museum and her brothers' favorite camping spot and the last place they were seen before falsifying their ages to join the army. But the gorge has a sinister reputation: seventy years ago, six women disappeared from there. So when P. J. uncovers some unexpected remains, it seems as if the past is reaching into the present. She's determined to find answers about what happened all those years ago . . . and perhaps also some closure to the loss of her brothers.
Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman’s determination to unravel a nineteenth century mystery.
Australia, 1847.
The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush, a monster at her heels--but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie's overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur paleontologist convinced she will one day find proof that great sea dragons swam in the vast inland sea that millions of years ago covered her property. Mellie is instantly swept up in the dream.
Australia1919.
When Penelope Jane Martindale arrives home from the battlefields of World War I with the intention of making peace with her father and commemorating the death of her two younger brothers in the trenches, her reception is disappointing. Desperate for a distraction, she finds a connection between a fossil at London's Natural History Museum and her brothers' favorite camping spot and the last place they were seen before falsifying their ages to join the army. But the gorge has a sinister reputation: seventy years ago, six women disappeared from there. So when P. J. uncovers some unexpected remains, it seems as if the past is reaching into the present. She's determined to find answers about what happened all those years ago . . . and perhaps also some closure to the loss of her brothers.
'This elegant dual narrative historical from Cooper follows a young woman as she pieces together the fate of a 19th-century palaeontologist . . . Cooper’s confident prose and deep empathy for her characters will keep readers hooked as she unspools her intrigue-filled mystery. Historical fans will want to dig this one up.' Publisher's Weekly
'Mystery and intrigue are interweaved in this dual historical timeline novel ... There is always some thing to learn in Tea Cooper's book and this one was no exception. With strong female characters and a story line with a twist ... Loved the way Tea evolved the story to do with history, family, loyalty to family, as well as the beauty of the country around the Hunter.' Netgalley reviews
'Mystery and intrigue are interweaved in this dual historical timeline novel ... There is always some thing to learn in Tea Cooper's book and this one was no exception. With strong female characters and a story line with a twist ... Loved the way Tea evolved the story to do with history, family, loyalty to family, as well as the beauty of the country around the Hunter.' Netgalley reviews
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