THE LAST TRACE
by Petronella McGovern
(Allen & Unwin, $36.99)
‘Memory’s a slippery bastard,” observes Lachy, the complicated and flawe d central character of The Last Trace. Memory here is at times outright malevolent. It conceals itself in the dark corners of the mind and then unexpectedly leaps out – boo! – to scare the hell out
