WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION A master storyteller GUARDIANA superb chronicler of cop culture SUNDAY TIMESThe equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke THE TIMES A LOST CHILD. A BROKEN FAMILY.Tenyearold Katie Blasko is missing. Detective Sergeant Ellen Destry, alert to rumours of a child abuse ring operating on the Mornington Peninsula, is thinking abduction. But her colleagues are thinking bad family or truancy, and her boss is only thinking about the media. And everyone, including Destry, is wondering whether shes good enough to handle this without Detective Inspector Hal Challis.Challis is miles away, summoned to his childhood home in the outback. When the body of his missing brotherinlaw is found in suspicious circumstances, Challis has his own investigation to pursue. But without each other to lean on, both Challis and Destry may be running out of time... From the multiple Ned Kelly Awardwinning author of Consolation and Sanctuary comes the fourth Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: Profile Books Ltd; Classification: FF; Weight: 444 g; Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 34

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