Strange Objects

On 4 June 1629, the Dutch vessel Batavia struck uncharted rocks off the West Australian coast. By the time help arrived, over 120 men, women and children had met their deaths not in the sea, but murdered by two fellow survivors, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom. In 1986, Steven Messenger discovers gruesome relics from that wreck. Four months later he disappears without a trace. Where is Messenger? Is his disappearance linked to the relics? Someone knows… somewhere… Winner of the CBC Book of the Year AwardWinner of the 1991 Victorian Premier s Literary AwardWinner of the NSW State Literary AwardShortlisted for the Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Fiction Award (Crime Writers of America)