Before It Breaks

By Dave Warner

Detective Daniel Clement is back in Broome, licking his wounds from a busted marriage and struggling to be impressed by his new team of small-town cops. Here, in the oasis on the edge of the desert, life is as stagnant as Clement' s latest career move.But when a body is discovered at a local fishing spot, it is clearly not the result of a crocodile attack. Somewhere in Broome is a hunter of a different kind. As more bodies are found, Clement races to solve a decades-old mystery and catch the killer before a monster cyclone hits.PRAISE FOR THE BOOK As Australian as a Tim Tam, this is fine descriptive writing that conveys both the searing heat and vast distances of the Outback.' Adelaide Advertiser Warner' s tone is laid-back and laconic, but with sentences as snappy as a nutcracker.' Books+Publishing A great read!' Launceston Examiner It' s great to see Warner in print again with this ripper read.' Crime Factory 18 Dave Warner is not only a well-known musician, but he has also forged a successful career as a crime fiction author.' Mansfield Courier Gripping.' Herald Sun

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Jun 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781925161182

Dave Warner

Dave is an award-winning novelist (Ned Kelly for Best Australian Crime Fiction, WA Premier’s Award for Literature) with nine published adult crime novels and a number of non-fiction books on sport and music.  He has a long association with Aussie Rules and was commentator for Sydney Swans games in the 90s on Kick AM and 2GB.

Reviews for Before It Breaks

[philipjhunt · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Sweating in the tropical humidity of Broome, Western Australia, detective Dan Clement needs to lead his rural team in solving a rare murder. The plot is linear and logical. We stay within the confines of Clement's mind as clues come and go. Most go. The reader knows almost nothing more than Clement as the mystery unfolds and deepens. We follow Clement's reasoning and the writer, Dave Warner, makes sure we don't lose the thread through the neat device of the regular meetings Clement has with his team reviewing what we know and what we need to check out.It is all very easy to keep track, yet embellished by some neat surprises which we discover at the same time as Detective Clement. All in all quite satisfying.