This book is a bit of a departure for Fleur McDonald. While her Detective Dave Burrows books are excellent, they can be of a slightly more gentle nature than The Prospect. This book is an all-out, gritty crime novel. It is Outback Noir at its finest.
When a young man is found dead on an isolated island off the coast of Scotland, two detectives arrive to a hostile reception from locals. A gripping and atmospheric thriller.
Bonnier Publishing Australia, home to Five Mile and Echo imprints, is now the proud sponsor of the $1500 first prize in the 24th Scarlet Stiletto Awards, Sisters in Crime Australia’s annual short story competition. Publishing director Kay Scarlett said it was not just the similarity in names that had spurred her and Bonnier Publishing Australia …