*** 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 ________________________________________ 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 McTiernan.
________________________________________ '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
