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Black Cloud
Black Cloud
Black Cloud
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Black Cloud

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‘A beautifully written police procedural, where the characters are every bit as important as the plot. Brilliantly captures the impact of small-town tragedy, as investigators struggle to cope even as they work towards solving an horrendous crime.’


—Chris Hammer, winner of the UK CWA New Blood Dagger Award for Scrublands


How many lives can one incident shatter?


For one Daylesford cop, this will be their last callout. Another may not make it. A third will call it quits.


Black cloud on a winter’s morning signals what nobody could’ve seen coming. An anything-but-routine welfare check by two Daylesford police officers at a farm in Korweinguboora. A fatal house explosion that leaves a rural community reeling.


Local cop John Franklin and Melbourne journalist Georgie Harvey are among the first responders at the property. The crime scene is compromised by fire and tonnes of water, and speculations run rife. Murder-suicide? Accident or sabotage? An isolated incident or just the beginning?


As lives hang in the balance, Franklin seeks answers and someone to hold accountable while Georgie investigates her toughest story yet. But will one of them crack?

LanguageEnglish
PublisherNext Chapter
Release dateJan 21, 2022
ISBN4867451517
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