AN ENTHRALLING AND PROPULSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE ACCLAIMED AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SCRUBLANDS ‚Compelling, original and brilliantly executed – an excellent thriller from a new master of Australian noir‘ CHARLES CUMMING ‚Dark, twisty and atmospheric, with writing so real you can almost feel the blistering heat of the Australian summer‘ LISA HALL * A HOMECOMING MARRED BY BLOOD Journalist Martin Scarsden returns to Port Silver to make a fresh start with his partner Mandy. But he arrives to find his childhood friend murdered – and Mandy is the prime suspect. Desperate to clear her name, Martin goes searching for the truth. A TERRIBLE CRIME The media descends on Port Silver, compelled by a story that has it all: sex, drugs, celebrity, and religion. Martin is chasing the biggest scoop of his career, and the most personal. A PAST HE CAN’T ESCAPE As Martin draws closer to a killer, the secrets of his traumatic childhood come to the surface, and he must decide what is more important – the story or his family… * Praise for SCRUBLANDS: ‚ Shimmers . . . A tortured tale of blood and loss‘ VAL MCDERMID ‚Stunning . . . That rare combination, a page-turner that stays long in the memory‘ SUNDAY TIMES (CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH) ‚An almost perfect crime novel … Intelligent, thought-provoking, great narrative energy‘ ANN CLEEVES
ISBN: 978-1-4722-5536-5
