A twisty, gripping missing person and murder mystery, with a family in peril, a daughter who will do anything to find her father, and a detective torn between love, guilt and duty.
When Ellie Connor returns from a business trip to the news that her father, Jack Bannerman, has vanished without a trace, her instincts scream that something is terribly wrong. Yet no one else seems alarmed. His wife claims he needed a break. His advisors insist it is business as usual. Even Ellie’s ex, the last person to see Jack alive, slides seamlessly into the role of acting CEO.
Ellie isn't buying any of it and begins her own investigation.
Digging around in Jack's past uncovers secrets that shatter everything Ellie believed about him and the charity foundation she runs in his name. When she receives a frightening warning to back off, she reluctantly turns to Detective Ben Rossi from Missing Persons, a man she once loved. All she wants is his expertise in finding people. All he wants is the chance to redeem himself.
The discovery of a body in the bay casts suspicion on those closest to Jack but gives Ellie a clue about his fate. Without knowing who to trust with her information, she flees the city to the one place she feels safe, unaware of a killer following right behind...
Last Known Contact is a fast-paced novel of cat-and-mouse. A standalone in the Detective Liz Moorland world of Melbourne major crime investigation, it features Ben Rossi, Meg Mackie, and Andy Montebello.
Phillipa lives just outside a beautiful town in country Victoria, Australia. She also lives in the many worlds of her imagination and stockpiles stories beside her laptop.
She writes from the heart about love, dreams, secrets, discovery, the sea, the world as she knows it... or wishes it could be. She loves happy endings, heart-pounding suspense, and characters who stay with you long after the final page.
With a passion for music, the ocean, nature, reading, and writing, she is often found in the vegetable garden pondering a new story.