Bones in the Breakwater

A Jodi Brennan Australian Coastal Crime Thriller

Perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Ann Cleeves, and Chris Hammer

When a savage winter storm batters the South Australian coast, Detective Jodi Brennan expects the usual aftermath—damaged boats, blocked roads, power outages. What she doesn't expect is for the tempest to expose human remains embedded in Wirramurra Bay's protective breakwater.

Forensic examination reveals the victim as Melissa Hartley, a young woman who disappeared in 1987. What was dismissed as a missing person case becomes murder—and the investigation threatens to destroy Jodi's life in the coastal community she's come to call home.

Because the evidence points to the family of her boyfriend, Pete Kowalski. His uncle built the breakwater. And someone in Pete's family knows exactly how Melissa's body ended up sealed in concrete.

As Jodi uncovers a decades-old web of domestic violence, financial corruption, and community silence, she faces an impossible choice: pursue justice and lose the man she loves, or protect her personal life and let a killer escape.

With each revelation testing her relationships and challenging everything she thought she knew about Wirramurra Bay, Jodi discovers that small-town loyalty has dark limits. And some secrets were meant to stay buried in concrete.