*** SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK ***
*** WINNER OF THE NED KELLY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ***

‘A superb chronicler of cop culture’ – SUNDAY TIMES

‘The greatness of Garry Disher’ IAN RANKIN

‘The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke’ – THE TIMES
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SMALL CRIMES CAN HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES

Winter in Tiverton, and Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is stealing women’s underwear, and Hirsch knows how that kind of crime can escalate. Then two calls come in: a child abandoned in a caravan, filthy and starving. And a man on the rampage at the primary school.

Hirsch knows how things like that can escalate, too. An absent father who isn’t where he’s supposed to be; another who flees to the back country armed with a rifle. Families under pressure can break. But it’s always a surprise when the killing starts.

A hugely atmospheric police procedural set in the dust of the Australian outback. Perfect for readers of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Dervla McTiernan.
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‘Disher is the gold standard for rural noir’ – CHRIS HAMMER

‘The Hirsch novels are Disher’s finest work’ – DOMINIC NOLAN

‘This is a book that cannot be praised enough. Read it’ – HERALD SUN

‘Peter Temple and Garry Disher will be identified as the crime writers who redefined Australian crime fiction’ – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD