{"product_id":"the-drowning-by-bryan-brown-9781761069802","title":"The Drowning","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A work of rattling and serpentine suspense ... gripping and sinuous and so, so good.' Trent Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e has all the hallmarks of great Aussie crime writing ... Brown's punchy prose makes this novel absolutely devourable, and all will be revealed in due time. \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e is highly recommended holiday reading.' \u003ci\u003eBetter Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach of a sleepy northern New South Wales town. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble ... at least, that's what it looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree weeks before, Leila, a young backpacker, didn't turn up for her shift at the local café. Benny, the owner, isn't worried. It happens - backpackers are always on the move. There'll be another one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the locals, Adrian, has been a help to Benny. He's found him a nice little sideline. Not exactly legal. Is that all Adrian is arranging on the coast? He once was a cop but has he gone bad?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in the backblocks outside town, a bikie gang is gearing up for a large consignment from South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMurder, drugs, liaisons and lies are stirring up this small coastal town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Bryan Brown's characteristic laconic storytelling - humorous, tough and suspenseful - the secrets of this seemingly idyllic town slowly come to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSweet Jimmy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Uniquely Australian and uncommonly good, I could hear the author's voice in every spare, haunting line. More please.' - Michael Robotham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'My friend Bryan Brown, quite apart from his other manifold talents, turns out to be an excellent writer. An authentic voice; highly imaginative yet completely believable, with a flair for fully realised characters and a gripping narrative ... a great storyteller. This is utterly baffling. I'm furious.' - Sam Neill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46553197281516,"sku":"9781761069802","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/28084963482814.jpg?v=1750064734","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-drowning-by-bryan-brown-9781761069802","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}