'A great story, a great writer and a great setting – what more could a reader want?'
5 Star Reader Review
'Having read the first two books in this series, I’ve been desperate for this next one to be published & boy, it’s brilliant! Complex & action-packed, a full-on pacy read that doesn’t let up, 5* from me!'
5 Star Reader Review
'I really enjoyed the first two books in the DS Walker series, Opal was just as good and hard to put down. An enjoyable story set in opal mining country, the portrayal of outback Australia is so good you almost feel the heat and dust.'
5 Star Reader Review
A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them.
DS Lucas Walker is out bush with his little sister Grace from Boston. They’re fetching his cousin Blair, who’s been mining boulder opal in Kanpara. The town is tense with rumours of a big opal find, and Blair wants out.
But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and when the three try to leave the next day, they find themselves completely cut off. A deluge far north has flooded the rivers overnight, making the roads impassable. Then Blair receives a shocking phone call.
Two bodies have been found, brutally murdered.
Trapped, with a killer in their midst, Walker is in a race to uncover the murderer before the water recedes. And when Blair is arrested by local police, the stakes couldn’t be higher. With all his focus on clearing his cousin’s name, will Walker see how much danger his sister is in before it’s too late?
The third thrilling instalment in the gripping and bestselling DS Lucas Walker series is full of breathtaking twists and dark turns – for fans of Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker.
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Patricia Wolf has been a journalist for more than 15 years, a regular contributor to titles including The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Independent and The Telegraph, among others. She grew up in outback Australia, in a mining town called Mount Isa.
