Opening Sentence:
‘…”First I heard the thumping feet, then I caught a flash of the kangaroo bounding through the burned bushland“…’

Senior Sergeant Cameron Fraser, along with his teenage daughter Ruby, has moved from Sydney to his hometown of Glenroyd to take charge of the local police station. Fraser hopes to finally put behind them the deaths of his wife and young son three years before in a deadly fire, one in which Fraser was badly burned trying to save them. He also hopes to protect Ruby and himself from the bikie gangs responsible for the fire that all but destroyed their lives.

Author, Felicity Young, started off by easing the reader into the story. Opening with the discovery of a burnt body. From there Felicity took an almost interminable amount of time developing the setting and introducing characters.
However, this was just the lull before the storm – without warning the plot suddenly cranked up into top gear and sped off at such a pace that this reader hardly had time to pause for breath. I did not dare put the book down in case I
missed something.

Twists and turns abound, and just when I thought that I may have an idea what might be happening, and where the investigation was going, Felicity changed direction and dragged me off down another route. There is betrayal after betrayal – trust no-on, but can you trust yourself? Everyone gets betrayed in some way – right up to the final hurrah on the side of a country road. Talk about edge of the seat stuff.

A very, very good read.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Taking to meet-up this morning. Will wild release if not picked up.

Picked up at our meetup

From start to finish this was a good read. Lots of twists and turns... and surprises to keep you guessing

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Am taking to the meet up and if no one taked it I'll release near cafe

Picked up at the meet-up.

Lots of twists and turns in this well thought out mystery. I enjoyed it being Australian too.

Southern Cross Exchange

An Australian mystery. Interesting.

Thank you for sharing this book with me AmberC.

I'm sending this to Catsalive as part of the Southern Cross Book Exchange.

Thanks jubby.

I enjoyed this. Very easy reading. The chapters ran from Monday to Sunday - amazing what can happen in a week. I didn't enjoy the tiger snake episode much - that is a nasty way to go.

This is Young's first novel & it's a one-off, but I see she has some more murder mysteries out that I'll have to see if I can find.

For the 2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge.

I hope you enjoy this book, Passeur-X. It is a very Australian setting - the small country town reminds me of my childhood.

A surprise from as far as Australia. Thanks a lot, catsalive !

Not bad, although the very end is not typical of a crime novel.

May 2016's tombola : for a winner or an alibi.

What a surprise! Thank you so much for sending this book. I enjoy australian novels, and it will be a pleasure to read this murder mystery.

Merci Passeur-X, tu me proposes un retour en Australie au travers de cet envoi. Le pays des jacarandas et des Sturt's desert peas.

Tu ne pouvais pas me faire davantage plaisir !

Et voici le majestueux le jacaranda

This thriller is particularly well conducted ; very good intrigue full of twists and turns. I could not put the book down !

I'm taking this book to the monthly meet up .
Ce livre a fait une étape appréciée chez moi. Je vous le confie, son voyage continue entre vos mains.

Bienvenue dans le monde du bookcrossing et bonne lecture !

Picked up at the meetup last night. I rather like the series title Crème de la Crime even if it is not grammatical (crime being masculine so it should be Crème du crime)

An eventful week involving murder, arson, drug manufacture, snakes and a stroppy teenager in a small Australian town. I learned a few new words notably "a blue" which means a fight. There were quite a few blues.
Ydam gets the credit for spotting this: "She covered her hands with her ears" (p. 250).
The first page section fell out so I have attempted to glue it back in; I hope it works as I'll be taking this to Paris later this month.

continuing the book's travels in Paris. The pages I stuck back in seem to be holding together, I think it can survive at least one more reader.

Take to the MBC Paris for another bookcrosser who has it on her wishlist.

Happy reading Icila !

And the book is here, with me. Thank you Florence for having picking it up for me and sending with a pretty postcard of La Marquise de Pompadour and another beautiful magnetic bookmark.
Hello to all the previous readers !

An enjoyable story in the outback.

In the mail towards sedna5213 who won my November offer on greenbadger's "One book a month offered 2023".