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En Riversend, en un pueblo rural azotado por una sequía interminable, un joven sacerdote abre fuego desde la escalinata de su iglesia y mata a cinco vecinos antes de ser acribillado. Un año después, el periodista Martin Scarsden llega al aislado pueblo para escribir un artículo sobre el aniversario de la tragedia. Pero las historias que escucha no encajan con la versión que su periódico informó. Martin no puede ignorar sus dudas, ni la insistencia de algunos lugareños para descubrir la verdadera razón detrás del ataque del sacerdote, a quien asombrosamente todos defienden.

In the desolate outback town of Finnigans Gap, police struggle to maintain law and order. Thieves pillage opal mines, religious fanatics recruit vulnerable young people and billionaires do as they please. Then an opal miner is found crucified and left to rot down his mine. Nothing about the...

The gripping new Martin Scarsden novel. She breathes deeply, trying to quell the rising sense of panic. A detective came to her home, drugged her and kidnapped her. She tries to make sense of it, to imagine alternatives, but only one conclusion is possible: it's the past, come to claim her...

A stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and Treasure & Dirt. A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder - a 'file...

WINNER OF THE ACT BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLEY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION Yuwonderie's seven founding families have lorded it over their district for a century, growing ever more rich and powerful. But now—in startling circumstances—one of their own is found dead in a...

Martin Scarsden returns in the jaw-dropping and unmissable new blockbuster crime novel from Chris Hammer, the award-winning, million copy bestselling author of SCRUBLANDS. 'A beguiling read' - THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Savage and unpredictable' - THE SUN 'Exciting, touching and even heart-breaking' -...

BURIED GOLD, OLD BONES. WHAT SECRETS LURK IN THE DEPTHS? A masterclass of small-town mystery and jaw-dropping twists from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, The Times Crime Book of the Year 2023 Dead Man's Creek and Crime Book of the Month (January 2024) Cover the...

NO ONE IS EVER INNOCENT IN PARADISE. **THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH** **A TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024** A small town. A closely guarded secret, stretching back decades. And blood in the water. 'A masterful, stunning thriller. A twisting mystery epic in scale yet intricate in detail...

A dam breaks. A body rises from the flood. Hidden for decades, can this small town face the secrets that will surface? **THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR** **SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH** Young detective Nell Buchanan uncovers a deadly, decades-old mystery at the heart of her rural...

Hitze. Mord. Rätsel. Schuld. Erlösung: der atemberaubende Nr.1-Bestseller-Thriller aus Australien Rivers End, ein Städtchen in der flirrenden Hitze des Outbacks: eiskalt eröffnet der junge Pfarrer vor der Kirche das Feuer auf seine Gemeinde. Er tötet fünf Menschen. Ein Jahr später kommt Reporter Martin Scarsden in den Ort, um über die Morde zu schreiben. Aber als er die Einheimischen befragt, begreift er, dass es mehr als eine Wahrheit gibt, was die Tat des Pfarrers angeht. Warum hat er wirklich getötet? War er ein Monster oder ein idealistischer Rächer?

**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH** **A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2022** In the outback, nothing stays buried forever... 'Classic Hammer. A crime novel that will stay with me for a long time.' Ann Cleeves 'This novel is Hammer's best work yet.' The Times 'A complex, twisty thriller...

In this searing, “indisputable page-turner” (Associated Press), a town’s dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest’s unthinkable last act—in the vein of The Dry and Where the Crawdads Sing. In Riversend, an isolated Australian community afflicted by an endless...

* * *NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES * * * THE #1 BESTSELLING AUSTRALIAN CRIME NOVEL WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'Shimmers ... a tortured tale of blood and loss' Val McDermid 'Stunning ... Scrublands is that rare combination, a page-turner that stays...

For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping. He'd vowed never to return to his hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic memories. But now his new partner, Mandy Blonde, has inherited an old house in the seaside town and Martin knows their...

You think you know someone... Would you bet your life on it? A detective came to her home, drugged her and kidnapped her. She tries to make sense of it, but only one conclusion is possible: it's the past, come to claim her. His new life seemed perfect - right up until the moment a missed call...