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Red Dirt Country

Red Dirt Country 1

by Fleur McDonald
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/03/2020
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Detective Dave Burrows returns in another suspenseful rural crime novel from bestselling author Fleur McDonald.

Returning to Perth after a near-fatal undercover case in outback Queensland, Dave Burrows, now a Detective Senior Constable in the stock squad, receives an ultimatum from his deeply unhappy wife, Melinda.

Before Dave and Mel's problems can be resolved, Dave is sent to the far north of Australia on a stock theft investigation. He finds two cattle stations deep in a complex underbelly of racial divide, family secrets, long-repeated lies, kidnapping and murder.

Facing one of the biggest challenges of his policing life and the heartbreaking prospect of losing his family, Dave can't imagine things getting worse. But there's a hidden danger, intent on revenge, coming right for him.

ISBN:
9781760529291
9781760529291
Category:
Thriller / suspense
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-03-2020
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
392
Dimensions (mm):
234x153mm
Weight:
0.49kg
'Nobody does rural fiction quite like Fleur McDonald.' The Weekly Times
Fleur McDonald

Fleur McDonald has lived and worked on farms for much of her life. After growing up in the small town of Orroroo in South Australia, she became a jillaroo before spending twenty years farming 8000 acres, east of Esperance, WA.

Fleur likes to write about strong women overcoming adversity, drawing inspiration from her own experiences in rural Australia. She is the best-selling author of Red Dust, Blue Skies, Purple Roads, Silver Clouds and Crimson Dawn, Emerald Springs, Indigo Storm, Sapphire Falls, The Missing Pieces of Us, Suddenly One Summer and Fool's Gold, as well as the ebook exclusive If You Were Here.

Fleur currently lives in Esperance with her two children and a Jack Russell terrier.

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McDonald has woven a gripping tale of generations old hurts, and secrets, brewing under the surface and a few brave men willing to buck the trends of the past and see justice done. The characters are sensitively drawn and all have their tale to tell, many of them not pretty and not what we would like to think is still happening in the 21st Century.
Alongside the case Dave is working with Bob Holden at Spinifex Downs we still have the continuing tale of Dave’s undercover case because of the trial. This story arc left me wondering about how deep, or how high, the corruption sometimes runs. The arc takes a backseat to the new case but it is still an extremely important piece of the narrative and one that I think will continue to run through at least a couple more books.
Red Dirt Country is a book I would have liked to devour in a sitting, if real life would allow me the luxury, and it ended with a quiet shock that left me crying out for the next instalment.

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