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NO ONE IS EVER INNOCENT IN PARADISE. THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTHA small town. A closely guarded secret, stretching back decades. And blood in the water. A masterful, stunning thriller. A twisting mystery epic in scale yet intricate in detail. Irresistible. Chris WhitakerEpic. Shakespearean in depth and range The TimesFierce, gripping and spinechilling. Daily MailA body has washed up in an irrigation canal, the artery running through Yuwonderie, a manmade paradise on the border of the Outback. Stabbed through the heart, electrocuted and dumped under cover of night, there is no doubt that detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan are dealing with a vicious homicide. The victim is Athol Hasluck, member of one of the seven dynasties who have controlled every slice of bountiful land in this modernday Eden for generations. But this is not an isolated incident. Someone is targeting the landed aristocracy of this quiet paradise in the desert. Secrets stretching back decades are rising to the surface at last but the question remains, who stands to gain most from their demise? Can Ivan and Nell track down a killer before the guilt at the heart of these seven families takes the entire town down with it?Praise for Chris HammerMy favourite Australian detective is Nell Buchanan. Ann CleevesHammer is a great writer a leader in Australian noir Michael ConnellyShimmers . . . A tortured tale of blood and loss Val McDermidStunning a pageturner which stays long in the memory Sunday... | Chris Hammer Cover the Bones : the masterful new Outback thriller from the