Stars in their eyes

Debut novel a heady mix of grief, astronomy and love.

'Some might have thought it unhealthy for a new widow to begin work in a funeral home." So begins this enticing debut novel from Australian Ruby Todd, set beneath the dark skies of Jericho, a small town in New South Wales.

The new widow is Sylvia Knight, still questioning the death of her husband Christopher after a hit-and-run driver killed him and left Sylvia critically injured two years earlier. We are drawn into her grieving, introspective mind, one that is intent on uncovering clues that the local police have seemingly passed by in their search for the missing driver.