Prescription for Murder

A Maya Thorne Australian Outback Thriller

The town needed a doctor. They got one who killed patients. They protected him anyway.

When Dr Henry Lawson is found murdered, Warragulla loses the only physician within a two-hour drive. Detective Maya Thorne is supposed to find his killer. Instead, she finds a town that's been burying secrets along with bodies.

Lawson was an addict. His hands shook. His judgment failed. Patients died — deaths ruled natural, signed off by a doctor too impaired to know the difference. And the town's leadership knew. They protected him because the alternative was no doctor at all.

Now, Councillor James Wilson — the reformer who won his seat promising transparency — is Maya's prime suspect. His wife is chronically ill. Lawson was treating her. And Wilson had made a desperate deal: silence in exchange for care.

The cover-up reaches the regional health board. The body count is still being tallied. And someone decided Lawson's death was easier than his exposure.

In Warragulla, they'll forgive a doctor who kills. They won't forgive the person who proves it.

For fans of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer, and Garry Disher.

Book 12 in the Maya Thorne series.