pA mother and child missing for thirty yearsppAn old stone house with no historyppSecrets buried below the floorppGlimpsed lives from 200 years pastppIf only the stones could talkppNow a new mystery - the mother's pendant is foundppbrppFrom the author of The Old Balmain House this is a story set in early SydneyemppIts consequences reverberate down through successive generations until todayemppbrppShe bends forward. A silver pendant falls from her top, swinging free on a chain from her neck.ppThe name 'Cindy' is in silver cursive letters. On its back is a heart symbol and, 'From Jim'.ppbrppI remember so clearly the day I bought it. I did not have money to buy my Cindy a wedding ring.ppBut, with the twenty dollars I had saved, I bought this. I gave it to her with all my love.ppbrppShe hung it around her neck, where it stayed until she and our baby vanished.ppNow, after thirty years, it has returned.p