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Silver

Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
  • Author
    • Chris Hammer
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AN ENTHRALLING AND PROPULSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE ACCLAIMED AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SCRUBLANDS

'Compelling, original and brilliantly executed - an excellent thriller from a new master of Australian noir' CHARLES CUMMING

'Dark, twisty and atmospheric, with writing so real you can almost feel the blistering heat of the Australian summer' LISA HALL

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A HOMECOMING MARRED BY BLOOD
Journalist Martin Scarsden returns to Port Silver to make a fresh start with his partner Mandy. But he arrives to find his childhood friend murdered - and Mandy is the prime suspect. Desperate to clear her name, Martin goes searching for the truth.

A TERRIBLE CRIME
The media descends on Port Silver, compelled by a story that has it all: sex, drugs, celebrity, and religion. Martin is chasing the biggest scoop of his career, and the most personal.

A PAST HE CAN'T ESCAPE
As Martin draws closer to a killer, the secrets of his traumatic childhood come to the surface, and he must decide what is more important - the story or his family...

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Praise for SCRUBLANDS:

'Shimmers . . . A tortured tale of blood and loss' VAL MCDERMID

'Stunning . . . That rare combination, a page-turner that stays long in the memory' SUNDAY TIMES (CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH)

'An almost perfect crime novel ... Intelligent, thought-provoking, great
narrative energy' ANN CLEEVES
  • Published: Sep 03 2020
  • Pages: 512
  • 196 x 128mm
  • ISBN: 9781472255365

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Press Reviews

  • Val McDermid on 'Scrublands'

    Shimmers ... A tortured tale of blood and loss
  • Sunday Times on 'Scrublands'

    Stunning ... Scrublands is that rare combination, a page-turner that stays long in the memory
  • Charles Cumming, author of A Foreign Country
    Compelling, original and brilliantly executed - an excellent thriller from a new master of Australian noir
  • Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
    Silver is the perfect sequel to Scrublands - dark, twisty and atmospheric, with writing so real you can almost feel the blistering heat of the Australian summer. I savoured every page, I didn't want it to end