THREE BODIES. THREE SUSPECTS. ONE TOWN HIDING DEADLY SECRETS.

In the scorched heart of the Australian outback, a corpse dangles from a gnarled eucalyptus, in the vast Mara Forestry. For newly-minted Sergeant Michael Ryan, this discovery isn't just his first murder case -- it's a baptism by blood.

Desperate and overwhelmed, Ryan calls the Mildura police station, who send the only man capable of solving such brutality. Detective Mark 'The Devil' Bannon. Once Melbourne Homicide Squad's most brilliant investigator. Now disgraced and exiled to the most northern Victorian jurisdiction.

But one body quickly becomes three. Three victims. Three suspects. The trail of evidence leads to Blackpond. Where dust devils dance through empty streets and locals view outsiders through narrowed eyes, and the police are never welcome.

Here, generations of families have guarded their secrets as fiercely as they've endured the harsh landscape. Against mounting pressure and dwindling time, Ryan and Bannon must navigate a maze of silence and hostility. The townsfolk have formed an impenetrable wall that even Bannon's notorious interrogation tactics can't break through. What are the people of Blackpond hiding? And why would they protect a murderer in their midst?

It's not long before a Blackpond resident disappears under suspicious circumstances, only for his body to be found floating in a sinkhole.

With each passing hour, the killer's shadow looms larger over Blackpond. Can Sergeant Ryan and Detective Bannon break through the wall of silence before the body count rises again?

Two years after his misconduct inquiry and transfer to Mildura, Detective Bannon is off the desk and back into what he does best. Solving difficult homicide cases, hunting down the killers, summoning his split personality, 'The Devil', and sending them to hell.

This is the first book in the Mara Mysteries Series.

This book is written in Australian English. It contains Australian slang, Australian Idioms, Australian wit and humour.

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