Dust by Michael Brissendon

Dust by Michael Brissendon<p>Dry land, buried secrets, a killer in the wind A blistering new crime novel from the bestselling author of Smoke.< p><p>Lake Heddon, a once thriving community, now lies in the shadow of a nearly dry lake. The town, like the water, is evaporating and its residents are left clinging to what little remains. When Aaron Love discovers a fresh corpse near the cracked lakebed along with evidence his missing father is alive and linked to a web of organised

such as the carp

But lone Orannis was put out of the light

the men and horses of the Australian Light Horse

his sense of duty paramount to his own desires and dreams

} Ever since Harold Lasseter died in 1931 in his pursuit of his infamous gold-bearing quartz reef

is quintessential small-town America - or so it seems

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A magical house

text-indent:0pt} Making your living from the land in Australia is not for the faint-hearted

The novel is noted for its ability to hook readers from the beginning and keep them engaged until the very end

When a teenage boy goes missing in the bush outside Kalgoorlie

to add flesh to the name-bones and the few precious stories she possessed