AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 A master storyteller GUARDIANA superb chronicler of cop culture SUNDAY TIMESThe equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke THE TIMES THERES DANGER ON THE OPEN ROADSummer is approaching on the Mornington Peninsula. The heat is ramping up, a drought has been forecast, and Detective Inspector Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and dreading the upcoming holiday madness. But then hes called to the sleepy town of Waterloo, where theres something more to fear. Women are being abducted and murdered, their bodies found along the Old Highway. The media demand answers, and with a team who cause as much trouble as they solve, Challis is under increasing pressure. But this killers business is far from over... From the multiple Ned Kelly Awardwinning author of Consolation and Days End comes the first Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: Profile Books Ltd; Classification: FF; Weight: 364 g; Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24

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