*** LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD ***
*** A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME PICK OF THE MONTH ***
‘A scorchingly good novel’ – MICHAEL ROBOTHAM
‘Disher is the gold standard for rural noir’ – CHRIS HAMMER
‘An utterly compelling mystery with rare heart and humanity’ – DERVLA MCTIERNAN
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AN ACT OF INEXPLICABLE CRUELTY. A FAMILY DESTROYED.
Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders Ranges. He’s still new in town but his community work – welfare checks and a light touch – is starting to pay off. Now Christmas is here and, apart from a grass fire, two boys stealing a vehicle, and Brenda Flann entering the front bar of the pub without exiting her car, Hirsch’s life has been peaceful.
Until he’s called to an incident on Kitchener Street, a strange and vicious attack that sickens the community. And when the Sydney police ask him to look in on a family living on a forgotten back road, it doesn’t look like a season of goodwill at all…
A hugely atmospheric police procedural set in the dust of the Australian outback. Perfect for readers of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Dervla Mc Tiernan.
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‘In this brilliant novel, Disher takes his readers on a harrowing journey’ – JOCK SERONG
‘ An atmospheric and nail-biting novel by one of Australia’s finest writers’ -THE TIMES
‘Disher is brilliant at rural noir, capturing the stifling atmosphere of a small town where resentments simmer’ – SUNDAY TIMES

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