I really got drawn into this very atmospheric thriller set in a small town in Southern Australia during a catastrophic drought. Aaron Falk is called back to his boyhood town when his childhood friend, Luke, apparently went berserk and killed his wife, young son, and himself using a shotgun. Luke's parents feel that something is not right so they want Falk to investigate the financial aspects of Luke's life hoping to find something that will lead to some other explanation. Falk is now a policeman in Melbourne who works with financial crimes so he may be able to find something. But there is also a death of a young girl, Ellie, twenty years earlier that is also being held over Falk's head by the towns people who think Falk had a hand in her death. So did Luke actually commit the brutal crime against his family? If not, then who did? And is Ellie's death twenty years earlier somehow related to this current crime?
This was really an engrossing and compelling novel and it had me hooked from page 1. There were lots of twists and red herrings thrown into the tale and it kept me guessing right up till the end. Overall, a very good thriller that I would recommend.
This was really an engrossing and compelling novel and it had me hooked from page 1. There were lots of twists and red herrings thrown into the tale and it kept me guessing right up till the end. Overall, a very good thriller that I would recommend.
