Poisoned Ground

A Jodi Brennan Australian Coastal Crime Thriller

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

Detective Jodi Brennan's transfer to the isolated coastal town of Wirramurra Bay was meant to be punishment. After exposing corruption in Adelaide, she's been exiled to a place where limestone cliffs meet the Southern Ocean and everyone knows everyone's business.

When veterinarian Dr. Sarah Kellerman is found dead in what appears to be suicide, Jodi's instincts tell her otherwise. Sarah had been investigating livestock poisoning across the region—and her notes reveal a pattern of deliberate environmental contamination targeting vulnerable farming families.

As Jodi digs deeper, she uncovers a sophisticated scheme: powerful corporate interests acquiring valuable farmland by poisoning it first, then buying it cheap. Sarah discovered the conspiracy. And asking too many questions got her killed.

With federal corruption reaching into the highest levels of government and local authorities pressured to accept the suicide ruling, Jodi must navigate bureaucratic resistance and escalating threats. The close-knit community of Wirramurra Bay doesn't trust an outsider from Adelaide. But they need her detective skills more than they know.

Because along this windswept stretch of the Great Australian Bight, where salt winds carry secrets across ancient limestone, someone is willing to destroy both land and lives for profit. And Jodi Brennan is the only one standing in their way.