The Broken River

A body is discovered on the riverbanks of a remote valley community in the hills of New South Wales, where a once-thriving gold mine has stood flooded and silent for decades. The victim, deputy mayor Wolfgang Burnside, was either a champion of change or a local schemer, depending on who you ask.

Detectives Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic return for Nell's most emotionally fraught investigation yet, contending with cowboy lawyers, conmen, bullion thieves and grave robbers as they dig into what really happened at the valley's edge. Published in Australia as The Valley.