Shearing Shed Murder

An Australian Outback Thriller

Perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer, and Garry Disher

Detective Jake Morrison's transfer to rural South Australia was supposed to be career purgatory. Then he finds a body in the abandoned shearing shed at Thornfield Station.

Station manager Gareth Sullivan's death looks like a workplace accident—until Morrison notices the wool press handle that killed him has been wiped clean, and the body has been moved to cover up the crime. Someone at this isolated sheep station wanted Sullivan dead.

Morrison's investigation uncovers layers of secrets at Thornfield: embezzlement from the station's accounts, gambling debts hidden from the community, and financial desperation spreading across the property like a drought. Sullivan discovered the theft. And confronting the thief cost him his life.

But when Adelaide debt collectors arrive at the remote station—armed and determined to recover their money—the investigation explodes into violence. With temperatures soaring past forty-seven degrees, no mobile reception, and backup hours away across the outback, Morrison must survive both extreme heat and extreme danger.

In an isolated sheep station where the nearest help is a two-hour drive and everyone has something to hide, Morrison races to identify Sullivan's killer before the debt collectors eliminate their own targets. Because in the outback, some debts are paid in blood.