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Poster Girl
Backpacker, Soleil ‘Sunny’ Reyer is gone. Tanned, glowing and star of the Missing poster; no one thought fruit-picking could be deadly.
Journalist, Jessica Steyn was the last person to give Sunny a lift. Assigned the biggest story in her career, Jessica is on the job. Dig, dig, dig … until she buries herself.
The cold case file never leaves his desk in the same way that Detective Nick Clarkson is stuck in Strand Harbour fifteen years after Sunny disappeared. Less hair, marriage over, no sign of Sunny.
Author Coen Watson’s people are water people; his trust in it is marrow-deep – he’s counting on Strand Harbour to cure his writer’s block. Unpacking, he forces open a drawer corroded by salt air to find a faded Missing poster for Soleil Reyer. The author begins picking at old wounds.
Journalist, Jessica Steyn was the last person to give Sunny a lift. Assigned the biggest story in her career, Jessica is on the job. Dig, dig, dig … until she buries herself.
The cold case file never leaves his desk in the same way that Detective Nick Clarkson is stuck in Strand Harbour fifteen years after Sunny disappeared. Less hair, marriage over, no sign of Sunny.
Author Coen Watson’s people are water people; his trust in it is marrow-deep – he’s counting on Strand Harbour to cure his writer’s block. Unpacking, he forces open a drawer corroded by salt air to find a faded Missing poster for Soleil Reyer. The author begins picking at old wounds.
308 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 22, 2021
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December 27, 2021
4.5★s
When Coen Watson, a writer who came to Strand Harbour for a break away, found the MISSING poster and other notes in a jammed drawer in the rental house, he knew he had his next book. For the first time, he’d write a nonfiction, a true crime, and try to solve the cold case of Soleil Reyer’s disappearance fifteen years ago. The local cop, Detective Nick Clarkson, had been the young cop on the case back when she disappeared, and he was still frustrated by the unsolved case.
Jessica Steyn had moved from Sydney to Strand Harbour with her husband, beginning her job at the local newspaper on the crime beat. She would occasionally pick up hitchhikers on her way home from work, young transient backpackers who worked at the nearby fruit farm. Soleil was one of those whom Jess picked up. She may just have been the last person to see her before she vanished, so to Jess, it felt personal. She was determined to find Soleil and with her paper, they worked with both print and an online presence. There was much in the way of feedback, but no real information. Would Soleil ever be found?
Poster Girl by Aussie author Jack Adams aka Helen Goltz is an intense, fast paced and gritty thriller set in a small town not far from Sydney in NSW. The tension which flowed through certain scenes was making my heart race as I hurried through the pages to find out what happened next. I found Jessica and Coen’s characters well written, also Nick, the Detective. A thoroughly enjoyable read by a favourite author which I highly recommend.
When Coen Watson, a writer who came to Strand Harbour for a break away, found the MISSING poster and other notes in a jammed drawer in the rental house, he knew he had his next book. For the first time, he’d write a nonfiction, a true crime, and try to solve the cold case of Soleil Reyer’s disappearance fifteen years ago. The local cop, Detective Nick Clarkson, had been the young cop on the case back when she disappeared, and he was still frustrated by the unsolved case.
Jessica Steyn had moved from Sydney to Strand Harbour with her husband, beginning her job at the local newspaper on the crime beat. She would occasionally pick up hitchhikers on her way home from work, young transient backpackers who worked at the nearby fruit farm. Soleil was one of those whom Jess picked up. She may just have been the last person to see her before she vanished, so to Jess, it felt personal. She was determined to find Soleil and with her paper, they worked with both print and an online presence. There was much in the way of feedback, but no real information. Would Soleil ever be found?
Poster Girl by Aussie author Jack Adams aka Helen Goltz is an intense, fast paced and gritty thriller set in a small town not far from Sydney in NSW. The tension which flowed through certain scenes was making my heart race as I hurried through the pages to find out what happened next. I found Jessica and Coen’s characters well written, also Nick, the Detective. A thoroughly enjoyable read by a favourite author which I highly recommend.
April 21, 2022
I read this with KU, no Audio Book Available. This takes place in Strand Harbour, AU. So, you have a very happy couple who have moved to Stand Harbour from the big city. Adam is a Dr, Jessica is a journalist, who badly wants a baby. They are renovating a house which includes putting in a ‘plunge’ pool, which sits on the beach… picture perfect right?
Well, not so fast! Jessica befriends a backpacker from France by giving her hitch hiking rides, than this hitchhiker disappears… which is what the book is based on. Who done it if anybody.
The book takes you back and forth from Tnen and Now, fairly easy to follow.
There was a surprise at the end. Good character development, got a little long at times.. but was mostly a Good Read.
Well, not so fast! Jessica befriends a backpacker from France by giving her hitch hiking rides, than this hitchhiker disappears… which is what the book is based on. Who done it if anybody.
The book takes you back and forth from Tnen and Now, fairly easy to follow.
There was a surprise at the end. Good character development, got a little long at times.. but was mostly a Good Read.
February 28, 2022
Exciting Finish
The story is wonderful and intriguing even if told in a way that I didn’t enjoy much. It is told with numerous flash back narratives by the characters who dominate the original mystery and current monologues by the characters currently involved with solving the mystery. Nonetheless, I give it a big thumbs up for any reader.
The story is wonderful and intriguing even if told in a way that I didn’t enjoy much. It is told with numerous flash back narratives by the characters who dominate the original mystery and current monologues by the characters currently involved with solving the mystery. Nonetheless, I give it a big thumbs up for any reader.
April 3, 2022
Great Plot!
If you like a fast, suspenseful read with a great plot, then this book is for you! I thoroughly enjoyed it and was captured from page 1. Great character development. Very few typos, however the author must have been rushing to finish the last few chapters as he made a couple of mistakes (I'll let you find them yourself).
If you like a fast, suspenseful read with a great plot, then this book is for you! I thoroughly enjoyed it and was captured from page 1. Great character development. Very few typos, however the author must have been rushing to finish the last few chapters as he made a couple of mistakes (I'll let you find them yourself).
October 6, 2022
Literary genius
Such a brilliantly riveting read not what I expected from the title but wow. So many twists in this tale and this review can't do it justice. A must read for anyone who likes mysteries and thrillers. I highly recommend this novel to anyone. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
Such a brilliantly riveting read not what I expected from the title but wow. So many twists in this tale and this review can't do it justice. A must read for anyone who likes mysteries and thrillers. I highly recommend this novel to anyone. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
November 7, 2024
I thought that this was an okay read. A different method of story telling (switching between protagonists and the present and the past) that was reasonably effective, although it removed much of the mystery as the killer is clear from the outset.
The pace seemed to drag a little in the middle, and the ebook could use another round of editing, but overall the story was engaging.
The pace seemed to drag a little in the middle, and the ebook could use another round of editing, but overall the story was engaging.
February 20, 2022
Intriguing mystery
A very different story, which keeps you mesmerized by the way that the reader is kept in suspense. The characters are very interesting and believable. I liked the way that it was very twisted and the ending was unexpected.
A very different story, which keeps you mesmerized by the way that the reader is kept in suspense. The characters are very interesting and believable. I liked the way that it was very twisted and the ending was unexpected.
July 30, 2022
What a helluva story. When I first opened the book, I didn't think I would continue. But I am sure glad I read it through. I did not see the final death coming. The author sure had me going down the wrong road.
April 6, 2025
Beautifully told a sad story
The book kept me guessing, the characters were so real, I believed this could actually happen. Needless to say the ending had a twist I didn't see coming, maybe I didn't want to, but I got goosebumps at the reveal at the end of the book!
The book kept me guessing, the characters were so real, I believed this could actually happen. Needless to say the ending had a twist I didn't see coming, maybe I didn't want to, but I got goosebumps at the reveal at the end of the book!
March 15, 2022
Quite good
Interesting twist at the end and one I did not expect. Good characters that can be related to. I would recommend.
Interesting twist at the end and one I did not expect. Good characters that can be related to. I would recommend.
June 28, 2022
Great story well told. Read it!
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