Driftwood

When her marriage and fashion dreams collapse, Jade Lin escapes Sydney for Driftwood, where she accepts a year-long position caring for the mysterious antique shop of the late Alice Wong. Expecting solitude, Jade instead discovers an eccentric community, enigmatic Otto Pound, a loyal German Shepherd and a collection of meticulously labelled keys. Following their clues uncovers Alice’s extraordinary life, secrets spanning decades and continents, and a fortune others will lie for and cheat to possess. As Jade confronts dangerous rivals and her family’s inherited superstitions, Alice’s final mystery transforms her understanding of courage, sacrifice, generosity and belonging.