{"title":"Adrian Hyland","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the atmospheric crime novels of Adrian Hyland, set in the rugged Australian outback. Perfect for fans of Jane Harper or Chris Hammer, discover gripping mysteries with unforgettable characters and vivid settings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"canticle-creek-book-adrian-hyland-9781761151552","title":"Canticle Creek","description":"\"Outstanding crime novel [...] electrifying.\" – The Sunday Times, November 2022 Crime Book of the Month  \"Adrian Hyland... sure has a way with words... The climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please.\" – The Times  Canticle Creek is a twisty crime thriller set in small town Australia.   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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533555147025,"sku":"GOR012792441","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50698396926225,"sku":"NGR9781761151552","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52490629120273,"sku":"GOR013339290","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52512266027281,"sku":"GOR014546488","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/176115155X.jpg?v=1751435624"},{"product_id":"gunshot-road-book-adrian-hyland-9781849162159","title":"Gunshot Road","description":"Last seen in the award-winning Diamond Dove, Emily Tempest has a new job: an Aboriginal Community Police Officer. A cop. Not quite what she had in mind when she returned to Central Australia. If anything, her instincts and background would propel her in the opposite direction. But for an Aboriginal woman in a pissant mining and meatworks town, the career options are limited. And there's a car attached.  Her new boss, the dour Superintendent Cockburn sees her role as making tea and rounding up the truants. But when one old friend is murdered out on the Gunshot Road and another one cops the blame, Emily leaps into the investigation feet first, mouth never far behind.  Behind its veil of lyricism and quickfire wit, Gunshot Road transports the reader into a world few have ever seen up close: the Australian outback, where cultures collide, and where temperatures - and the odd bullet - go through the roof.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533834952977,"sku":"GOR002503047","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51278422507793,"sku":"GOR010007798","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1849162158.jpg?v=1751442272"},{"product_id":"canticle-creek-book-adrian-hyland-9781761151163","title":"Canticle Creek","description":"‘Hyland, a seasoned firefighter, ensures the climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please.‘ – Mark Sanderson, The Times  ‘An atmospheric gripper‘ – Crime Monthly  ‘A gritty, inventive slice of Outback noir‘ – Paul Burke, Crime Fiction Lover  ‘had me gripped from beginning to end. I hope this is the start of a series as I'll be looking out for the next Jesse Redpath book.‘ – Victoria Goldman, LoveReading  Canticle Creek is a twisty crime thriller set in small town Australia. 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49545614459153,"sku":"GOR013311324","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49643367661841,"sku":"GOR013604819","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49750891790609,"sku":"NGR9781761151163","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49953227276561,"sku":"GOR013822287","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1761151169.jpg?v=1750801086"},{"product_id":"diamond-dove-book-adrian-hyland-9781847243775","title":"Diamond Dove","description":"Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel (2007). Emily Tempest has been away from the outback for a long time - uni, travel, dead-end jobs...finding trouble all over the world. Now she's back at Moonlight Downs, the community where she grew up, half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white. And true to form, there's trouble. Within hours of her arrival an old friend is brutally murdered and mutilated and an old enemy is the only suspect...until Emily starts asking questions. Take a nail-biting mystery, an epic setting and a heroine with a talent for stirring things up. Throw in an affectionate flogging of outback Australia's melanoma-encrusted hide - and Diamond Dove just might be the wittiest and most gripping debut of the year.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49590858219793,"sku":"GOR001999727","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50392425857297,"sku":"CIN1847243770A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50401261814033,"sku":"CIN1847243770G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50459305935121,"sku":"GOR001500490","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53379228598545,"sku":"GOR013565440","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1847243770.jpg?v=1750962866"},{"product_id":"diamond-dove-book-adrian-hyland-9781921145926","title":"Diamond Dove","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49607581794577,"sku":"GOR006543691","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1921145927.jpg?v=1751380855"},{"product_id":"gunshot-road-book-adrian-hyland-9781569476369","title":"Gunshot Road","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49629274210577,"sku":"GOR013716601","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51326536876305,"sku":"CIN1569476365G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1569476365.jpg?v=1750927061"},{"product_id":"diamond-dove-book-adrian-hyland-9781847241788","title":"Diamond Dove","description":"Emily Tempest has been away from Central Australia's outback for a long time - uni, travel, dead-end jobs...finding trouble all over the world. Now, she's back at Moonlight Downs, the community where she grew up, half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white. And true to form, there's trouble. Within hours of her arrival an old friend is brutally murdered and mutilated and an old enemy is the only suspect...until Emily starts asking questions. Take a nail-biting mystery, an epic setting and a heroine with a talent for stirring things up. Throw in an affectionate flogging of outback Australia's melanoma-encrusted hide - and \"Diamond Dove\" just might be the wittiest and most gripping debut of the year.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642330456337,"sku":"GOR001327883","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51156975124753,"sku":"GOR002144977","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1847241786.jpg?v=1751421888"},{"product_id":"wiregrass-book-adrian-hyland-9781761152818","title":"The Wiregrass","description":"\" A cracking slice of Aussie Noir.\" – Heat magazine   A murder made to look like an accident. A disgraced cop trying to forget his past.   Nash Baker was once a celebrated cop, but his career was ended when he chose to take justice into his own hands. Now he’s living a quiet life in a small town caring for the local wildlife and trying to stay away from trouble.    Jesse Redpath has a new job in a new town, Satellite – the stormy weather that greets her first few days on the new beat seems like a sign for what’s to come. A local has died in what seems like an accident, but Jessie isn’t so sure that ‘accident’ wasn’t planned. All evidence seems to point to Nash, but Jessie’s not sure about that either.    Seems like Nash has enemies. And what looks like a close knit community might just be cover for dark secrets.  No amount of rain will wash this town clean.   The new Jesse Redpath crime thriller from the bestselling author of Canticle Creek.  Praise for Canticle Creek:   ‘The rural crime fiction wave continues with this brilliant new arid drama.’ ― Australian Women's Weekly   ‘Hyland has mastered the architecture of noir – his sinister tale seethes with small-town atmosphere and satisfying twists, set against the dangers and harsh beauty of the Australian landscape.’ ― Sydney Morning Herald   ‘an entertaining and engrossing novel. Hyland has written the ideal story for a long, hot summer, where fire always seems a possibility.’ ― The Canberra Times   ‘You can almost feel the blanketing heat and crunch of dry foliage underfoot while reading Canticle Creek ... a well-paced, atmospheric thriller with unexpected twists’ ― The West Australian","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49686135537937,"sku":"GOR013600930","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49753497698577,"sku":"NGR9781761152818","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50531287859473,"sku":"GOR013987536","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53009262018833,"sku":"GOR014693862","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1761152815.jpg?v=1751427029"},{"product_id":"gunshot-road-book-adrian-hyland-9780857381200","title":"Gunshot Road","description":"Last seen in the award-winning Diamond Dove, Emily Tempest has a new job: an Aboriginal Community Police Officer. A cop. Not quite what she had in mind when she returned to Central Australia. If anything, her instincts and background would propel her in the opposite direction. But for an Aboriginal woman in a pissant mining and meatworks town, the career options are limited. And there's a car attached.  Her new boss, the dour Superintendent Cockburn sees her role as making tea and rounding up the truants. But when one old friend is murdered out on the Gunshot Road and another one gets the blame, Emily leaps into the investigation feet first, mouth never far behind.  Behind its veil of lyricism and quickfire wit, Gunshot Road transports the reader into a world few have ever seen up close: the Australian outback, where cultures collide, and where temperatures - and the odd bullet - go through the roof.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49743968600337,"sku":"GOR003311914","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50813775315217,"sku":"GOR004165560","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0857381202.jpg?v=1750883793"},{"product_id":"gunshot-road-book-adrian-hyland-9781569479421","title":"Gunshot Road","description":"After leaving the Australian Outback to get an education, Emily Tempest--half-aboriginal, half-white--returns to her birthplace as an Aboriginal County Police officer. Emily's first assignment is a murder at the Green Swamp Well Roadhouse, a case that seems open-and-shut to her partner, by-the-book Sergeant Cockburn. But the suspect is an old friend of Emily's father, a prospector with a passion for philosophy. Could he really have committed this heinous crime? As Emily reconnects with her past, she must accept her new role, and learn to live between two worlds.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50129721590033,"sku":"CIN1569479429A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51941188206865,"sku":"GOR014469876","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106849386769,"sku":"CIN1569479429G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B00ANYB5LG.jpg?v=1750991853"},{"product_id":"moonlight-downs-book-adrian-hyland-9781569475263","title":"Moonlight Downs","description":"Emily Tempest, a feisty part-aboriginal woman, left home to get an education and has since traveled abroad. She returns to visit the Moonlight Downs mob, still uncertain if she belongs in the aboriginal world or that of the whitefellers. Within hours of her arrival, an old friend is murdered and mutilated. The police suspect a rogue aborigine, but Emily starts asking questions. Emily Tempest, a modern half-aboriginal sleuth, is a welcome successor to Arthur Upfield's classic detective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50195052364049,"sku":"GOR004157550","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50768300769553,"sku":"GOR008399577","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50809663783185,"sku":"CIN1569475261VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51493846614289,"sku":"CIN1569475261G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52437350842641,"sku":"GOR009113645","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1569475261.jpg?v=1751118786"},{"product_id":"moonlight-downs-book-adrian-hyland-9781569474839","title":"Moonlight Downs","description":"Emily Tempest, a feisty part-aboriginal woman, left home to get an education and has since traveled abroad. She returns to visit the Moonlight Downs mob, still uncertain if she belongs in the aboriginal world or that of the whitefellers. Within hours of her arrival, an old friend is murdered and mutilated. The police suspect a rogue aborigine, but Emily starts asking questions. Emily Tempest, a modern half-aboriginal sleuth, is a welcome successor to Arthur Upfield's classic detective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50391498227985,"sku":"CIN1569474834G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50391500783889,"sku":"CIN1569474834VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50797222658321,"sku":"GOR007985746","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1569474834.jpg?v=1750719055"},{"product_id":"wiregrass-book-adrian-hyland-9781761153822","title":"The Wiregrass","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE DANGER AWARD - BEST CRIME FICTION  'A brilliant Aussie thriller, The Wiregrass is perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Candice Fox.’ – Books and Publishing  ’Adrian Hyland writes superior crime fiction with a keen eye for setting and characterisation...’ - The West Australian  ‘The Wiregrass delivers an irresistible fusion of an untamed and unforgiving Australian landscape, with a police procedural that will have you galloping through the pages... the perfect book to read curled up in bed during a cracking summer storm.’ – The Australian  A murder made to look like an accident. A disgraced cop trying to forget his past.  My eyes sprang open. What was wrong? Something had been hovering down in the backwoods of my brain. A disturbing image that only rose to the surface when I began to relax. Wild winds, wet hair, black bark, blood. A crushed body. The poor bastard killed by the falling tree at Wycliff Rise. Something about that scene wasn’t right.   Nash Rankin is a disgraced cop trying to escape his past – his career was destroyed when he chose to take justice into his own hands. Now he’s living a quiet life in a small town, caring for the local wildlife and trying to stay away from trouble.     Jesse Redpath has a new job in a new town: Satellite. The stormy weather that greets her first few days on the beat seems like a sign of what’s to come. A local has died in what looks like an accident, but Jessie isn’t so sure that the ‘accident’ wasn’t planned. All the evidence points to Nash, but Jesse’s not sure about that either.     Seems like Nash has enemies. And what looks like a close-knit community might just be a cover for dark secrets.  No amount of rain will wash this town clean.   The new Jesse Redpath crime thriller from the bestselling author of Canticle Creek.  Praise for Canticle Creek:   ‘The rural crime fiction wave continues with this brilliant new arid drama.’  ― Australian Women's Weekly   ‘Hyland has mastered the architecture of noir – his sinister tale seethes with small-town atmosphere and satisfying twists, set against the dangers and harsh beauty of the Australian landscape.’ ― Sydney Morning Herald   ‘an entertaining and engrossing novel. Hyland has written the ideal story for a long, hot summer, where fire always seems a possibility.’  ― The Canberra Times   ‘You can almost feel the blanketing heat and crunch of dry foliage underfoot while reading Canticle Creek ... a well-paced, atmospheric thriller with unexpected twists’ ― The West Australian   ‘An atmospheric gripper.’ ― Crime Monthly   ‘More please.’ ― The Times","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50886830981393,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50886831538449,"sku":"NGR9781761153822","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52625631772945,"sku":"GOR014567318","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/176115382X.jpg?v=1751424761"},{"product_id":"kinglake-350-book-adrian-hyland-9781921758263","title":"Kinglake-350","description":"On the 7th February, 2009, Sergeant Roger Wood found himself at the epicentre of the worst bushfire in Australia's history - Black Sunday. As the fire raged all around, he called his family to warn them what was coming. When his wife answered, she screamed that the fire had already hit their property, before the line went dead. Black Sunday was a many-headed monster, in whose wake stories of grief, heroism and desolation erupted all over the state of Victoria. This book is about the monster - and the heroism of those who confronted it.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51208122073361,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51208122106129,"sku":"GOR005102592","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1921758260.jpg?v=1751420701"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-adrian-hyland.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}