Adam Lawson had been in trouble with the law many times and the last time landed him in front of the magistrate, Jesse could see the good in him and convinced the magistrate to let Adam live with her father where he would work at the local pub in the hope her father might persuade him to stay out of trouble and change his ways. A spate of new, seemingly random crimes, have Jesse and friends jumping for cover as the danger to their own lives becomes apparent…and the dots don’t seem to be connecting as they should. Biography: Adrian Hyland is the award-winning author of Diamond Dove, Gunshot Road and Kinglake-350, which was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction in 2012. But while admiring Takada’s painting, they meet his daughter, Lucy, with her husband Sam and teen-aged daughter Possum.

Although not officially on duty, she gets involved and starts to uncover a web of deceipt and bigger players that are keen to keep their secrets. Although we didn’t see very much of Danny, I did enjoy the mutual respect the two officers had for one another. Canticle Creek is a gripping murder mystery, just a brief examination of the crime scene is enough to convince Jesse that the police, who believe Adam killed his girlfriend, Daisy, and died when his car left the road as he attempted to flee, are wrong. Every single Indigenous character he brings to the page is beautifully executed, and his respect and love of the people and their interactions with country and each other has always been spot on.Where you will meet artists, drug dealers, an observant young girl, a feisty horse and a police officer on an unofficial investigation to prove a young man, who she saved from the system, innocent of murder. When Jesse heard through her boss that Adam had been found not far from Melbourne in Victoria, she wasn’t prepared to hear he was dead. Jesse Redpath was a police officer in the small town of Kulara in the Northern Territory where she saw more than most and controlled more than most. I thought the mystery was quite original, and I loved most of the characters, especially Jesse and Possum. Mark Sanderson, The Times'An atmospheric gripper' - Crime Monthly'A gritty, inventive slice of Outback noir' - Paul Burke, Crime Fiction Lover'had me.

Adrian Hyland is the award-winning author of Diamond Dove , Gunshot Road and Kinglake-350 , which was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for non-fiction in 2012. When Adam Lawsons wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker's body, the whole town assumes it's an open and shut case. You can almost feel the blanketing heat and crunch of dry foliage underfoot while reading Canticle Creek . Adam is fascinated by the paints, but he lasts only a week before he takes off south, possibly following some woman he’d been seen chatting to.She's a hard hitting woman sheriff in a male dominated environment and I loved the way she stood her own and went out on a limb investigating a crime outside her own jurisdiction (with a grumpy father in tow! But Jesse meets plenty of contention from the local community and it becomes clear that there are secrets that some people of this town want to stay buried in the past. When a likeable petty criminal, whom Jesse previously vouched for, is implicated in a murder in Victoria, Jesse goes there to carry out her own unofficial investigation. His books have been published internationally, including in Britain and the US, and translated into a variety of languages, including German, French, Swedish and Czech. Jesse Redpath is an interesting detective to spend time with, facing up to sexism and the walls put in front of a woman detective, especially one investigating a case outside her jurisdiction.