Jane R. Miles
Jane R. Miles is the author of the upcoming psychological thriller Stay Buried, to be published in 2026 by HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Born in the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, Jane joined the Royal Australian Navy at twenty, travelling the world before working in top-secret roles within the Department of Defence.
She now splits her time between Australia and the Netherlands.
The cyclone passed.
The nightmare remained.
Christmas Eve, 1974.
As Cyclone Tracy tears through Darwin, four girls disappear into the heart of the outback. No tracks. No bodies. No answers.
Decades later, one returns.
She claims to be one of the missing. But is she? There is no proof of who she is, only a keepsake that once belonged to another missing woman—Sally, a teen mother whose disappearance never mattered to anyone but Von, the daughter she left behind. Sally’s return rekindles the cold case, as desperate families plead for answers—and a dark mystery begins to surface.
A hidden bunker … a ghost … scratches on a concrete wall … pictures inside a View-Master … and the little girl who understood the darkness better than anyone.
Inspired by true events, Stay Buried is the darkly thrilling tale of secrets unearthed, the will to survive and a legend that refuses to die.
Last known photo of the bunker.
