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The Mysteries

An old stone house with no history - secrets buried below the floorGlimpsed lives from 200 years past - If only the stones could talkA mother and child vanished thirty years agoNow a new mystery - the mother’s pendant is foundFrom the author of The Old Balmain House this is a story set in early SydneyIts consequences reverberate down through successive generations until todayShe bends forward. A silver pendant falls from her shirt, swinging free on a chain from her neck.The name ‘Cindy’ is in silver cursive letters. On its back is a heart symbol and, ‘From Jim’.I remember so clearly the day I bought it. I did not have money to buy my Cindy a wedding ring.But, with the twenty dollars I had saved, I bought this. I gave it to her with all my love.She hung it around her neck, where it stayed until she and our baby vanished.Now, after thirty years, it has returned.Read more

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