Disher is the gold standard for rural noir CHRIS HAMMERThe equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke THE TIMESA superb chronicler of cop culture SUNDAY TIMESWHEN HATE RUNS DEEP, THE INNOCENT SUFFER Constable Paul Hirschausens rural beat in the low hills of South Australia is wide. Daybreak to days end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets small towns and isolated properties, from unlicensed driving to arson. But now, just as Hirsch has begun to feel he knows the fragile communities under his care, the isolation and fear of the pandemic have warped them into something angry and unrecognisable. Hirsch is seeing stresses heightened and social divisions cracking wide open. His own tolerance under strain people getting close to the edge. Today hes driving an international visitor around Janne Van Sant, whose backpacker son went missing while the borders were closed. Theyre checking out his last photo site, his last employer. A feeling that the stories dont quite add up. Then a call comes in a roadside fire. Nothing much a suitcase soaked in diesel and set alight but two noteworthy facts emerge. Janne knows more than Hirsch about forensic evidence. And the body in the suitcase is not her sons. From the multiple Ned Kelly Awardwinning author of Consolation comes a stunning new thriller, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Profile Books Ltd; Classification: FF; Weight: 376 g; Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 28

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