Review: Wild Place - Christian White - October 2021 After devouring The Ledge with Tandem Collective 's readalong, I was absolutely hooked on Christian White's ability to craft those delicious Australian suburban settings with unexpected twists that leave you reeling. So when a gorgeous fellow bookstagrammer gifted me Wild Place for my birthday, I was excited to get stuck into it. Set in 1989, Wild Place follows Tom Witter, a high school teacher living what appears to be an idyllic suburban life in Camp Hill with his wife and teenage sons, Marty and Kieran. His summer break routine involves DIY projects, neighbourhood watch meetings, and the usual parental vigilance. But when local teen Tracie Reed vanishes, everything shifts. The community forest known as Wild Place once a backdrop to everyday life suddenly transforms into something menacing. Tom becomes convinced that Tracie's disappearance is somehow linked to this dense woodland, and his deter...