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Canticle Creek

By: Adrian Hyland
Narrated by: Blazey Best
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Two bodies. One long hot summer. A town that will never be the same.

When Adam Lawson’s wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s body, the whole town assumes it’s an open-and-shut case. But Jesse Redpath isn’t from Canticle Creek. Where she comes from, the truth often hides in plain sight, but only if you know where to look.

When Jesse starts to ask awkward questions, she uncovers a town full of contradictions and a cast of characters with dark pasts, secrets to hide and even more to lose.

As the temperature soars, and the ground bakes, the wilderness surrounding Canticle Creek becomes a powderkeg waiting to explode.

All it needs is one spark.

©2021 Adrian Hyland (P)2021 W. F. Howes Ltd & Ultimo Press Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime
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Wow...I am a new fan of Adrian Hyland. Great Australian story coming from a different angle.
Love the protagonist being a woman, and how she is such a strong female role.
I thought Author Adrian was a female (sorry about that), but the character Jess was developed to perfection, I just presumed the author was a woman.
The description of the environment made it so easy to build a picture and visualise in my minds eye. It would make a great TV series/movie.
I'm now listening to Adrian Hyland's Wiregrass, which is shaping up to be just as good.
Hope there is another novel in this series soon!!!

Not your average Australian Murder Mystery

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I struggled to get into it at first, but as the story and characters develop it turns into a good yarn. Give it a go

Very Enjoyable

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Highly enjoyable characters, vivid settings and a great story that kept me interested and amused.

great story, beautifully written and voiced

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I came at the book with trepidation but it turned out to be a great murder mystery, well told. It was impossible to guess the ending. Well worth a read.

Australian murder at its best

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I think I'd have enjoyed this book more with a different narrator. It was a bit lame with a predictable ending but still worth a listen. I just wish I could have enjoyed the narrator more but she emphasised words incorrectly and used pauses when she shouldn't have

Idon't know if I'd bother listening to others in the series though.

Okay without being brilliant

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