Inhalt: 'Another stunner in the series... A rip-roaring thriller Down Under. Loved the characters and a great plot. Her best yet!' Michelle Teahan A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them. DS Lucas Walker is out bush with his little sister Grace from Boston. They're fetching his cousin Blair , who's been mining boulder opal in Kanpara. The town is tense with rumours of a big opal find, and Blair wants out. But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and when the three try to leave the next day, they find themselves completely cut off. A deluge far north has flooded the rivers overnight, making the roads impassable. Then Blair receives a shocking phone call. Two bodies have been found, brutally murdered. Trapped, with a killer in their midst, Walker is in a race to uncover the murderer before the water recedes. And when Blair is arrested by local police, the stakes couldn't be higher. With all his focus on clearing his cousin's name, will Walker see how much danger his sister is in before it's too late? The third thrilling instalment in the gripping and bestselling DS Lucas Walker series is full of breathtaking twists and dark turns - for fans of Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker. Readers are LOVING Opal : ' A brilliant evocation of life in the outback ... Every character in the book was so real as to become visible to the reader, and the setting became a character in itself . A great story, a great writer and a great setting - what more could a reader want? ' Reader review, 5 stars ' A thoroughly entertaining and gripping story that will keep you guessing until close to the end ' Reader review, 5 stars 'Aussie Noir authors invariably get compared to such luminaries as Jane Harper and Chris Hammer, Patricia Wolf is every bit as good, she doesn't just write excellent stories, she also paints beautiful pictures of the desolate Outback where her stories are set ' Reader review, 5 stars ' Strong characters, a carefully constructed plot with unexpected twists an