This gripping series follows detective Aaron Falk as he returns to his quiet hometown to confront a dark past and unresolved crimes. Each case unearths deeply buried secrets and strained relationships within a small community. With compelling plots and an unsettling atmosphere, these novels offer an immersive experience for crime fiction enthusiasts. They are masterclasses in psychological suspense.
Three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier
The best in compulsive literary crime, from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, The Dry.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds. A year on, Kim Gillespie's absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family. Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk's closest friend, a missing mother, and a woman he's drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.