Will Jones and the Dead Man’s Letter

When a horseman rides into camp, with a bullet wound in his gut and not long for this world, Will Jones finds not only that the dead man has a troop of New South Wales mounted police on his tail, but a canvas-wrapped parcel in his saddle bags. A scrawled address includes the promise of a reward to deliver the package to a station-manager in Western Queensland.

With two mates, and an unexpected hanger-on, Will sets out on an adventure across two lawless states in 1880s Australia. Yet, he soon learns that there is a price on his head, and that he is an unwitting tool in a game with the highest stakes of all.

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‘Barron is not one to pull his punches.’ Brisbane Courier-Mail

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‘The pace is excellent, the writing is sharp and Barron has a real talent for the evocation of place. Sufficiently gripping to keep you up at night.’ The Australian

‘The speed of the action is matched only by the sophistication of the prose and the originality of the plot. Greg Barron has proved he is a political thriller writer at the very top of his game.’ ABC Weekend Bookworm