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Canticle Creek

By Adrian Hyland
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Canticle Creek is a twisty crime thriller set in a small Australian town, where two bodies and a scorching summer heat unravel dark secrets. When Adam Lawson's wrecked car is found near Daisy Baker's body, the town assumes the case is closed. But outsider Jesse Redpath's probing questions reveal a community of contradictions and hidden pasts. As the wilderness around Canticle Creek bakes, tensions rise toward a dramatic and fiery conclusion.
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Ideal for fans of Australian crime fiction and rural noir, especially readers who enjoyed The Dry and Scrublands. Suitable for those who appreciate atmospheric thrillers with complex characters and intense, sun-scorched settings.

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The rural crime fiction wave continues with this brilliant new arid drama. - Australian Women's Weekly

The writing is generous and whip-smart, with sentences that will stop readers in their tracks to savour them... Heart-racing twists propel the novel to its denouement, while the oppressive heat and arid landscape add an extra layer of threat to the unfolding drama. - Books + Publishing

Two bodies. One long hot summer. A town that will never be the same.

When Adam Lawson's wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s body, the whole town assumes it’s an open and shut case. But Jesse Redpath isn’t from Canticle Creek. Where she comes from, the truth often hides in plain sight, but only if you know where to look. When Jesse starts to ask awkward questions, she uncovers a town full of contradictions and a cast of characters with dark pasts, secrets to hide, and even more to lose.

As the temperature soars, and the ground bakes, the wilderness surrounding Canticle Creek becomes a powderkeg waiting to explode. All it needs is one spark.

A twisty crime thriller set in small town Australia perfect for readers of The Dry and Scrublands.

PRAISE FOR Canticle Creek

Hyland, a seasoned firefighter, ensures the climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please. - The Times

An atmospheric gripper. - Crime Monthly

Canticle Creek had me gripped from beginning to end. - Lovereading

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Praised for its arresting rural atmosphere, sharp writing, and heart-racing twists, Canticle Creek has been described as an "atmospheric gripper" by Crime Monthly and lauded for capturing the harsh beauty and danger of the Australian landscape by Sydney Morning Herald. The Times highlights the climactic fire scenes as breathtaking, and the novel has kept readers gripped from start to finish.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761151163

Publisher: Ultimo Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Ultimo Press

Illustration: Text only

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 247g

Pages: 352

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Adrian Hyland is the award-winning author ofΒ Diamond Dove,Β Gunshot RoadΒ andΒ Kinglake-350, which was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction in 2012.Β 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.

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