Detective Nell Buchanan

Chris Hammer's outback crime series follows Victoria Police detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan, beginning in the lawless opal-mining town of Finnigans Gap with Opal Country (published in Australia as Treasure & Dirt). Spun off from Hammer's Martin Scarsden thrillers, each book pairs the world-weary Lucic with his younger partner as they investigate violent crimes rooted in the buried histories of small, isolated Australian communities. Also published under the name Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan.