Hammer, Chris
Cover the Bones: the master of small-town mystery returns with the Times Crime Book of the Month (Detective Nell Buchanan)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781472295736
- author:
- Hammer, Chris
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Wildfire
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions:
- 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
A body has washed up in an irrigation canal, the artery running through Yuwonderie, a man-made paradise on the border of the Outback. Stabbed through the heart, electrocuted and dumped under cover of night, there is no doubt that detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan are dealing with a vicious homicide. The victim is Athol Hasluck, member of one of the seven dynasties who have controlled every slice of bountiful land in this modern-day Eden for generations. Secrets stretching back decades are rising to the surface at last, as someone targets the landed aristocracy of this quiet paradise in the desert. Ivan and Nell must track down a killer before the guilt at the heart of these seven families takes the entire town down with it. As the investigation unfolds, the true extent of the sinister plot becomes clear, threatening to destroy the very fabric of this idyllic community.