Dead Heat
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2012
400 pages
978-0-7336-2844-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ranger Jo Lockwood is often alone in the wilderness, and she likes it that way - until she discovers the body of a man, brutally murdered. Award-winning romantic suspense from Bronwyn Parry.
Favourite Romantic Suspense Novel, 2012 (Australian Romance Readers Association)
Romantic Suspense Finalist (Romance Writers of America, RITA Awards)
The national parks where Ranger Jo Lockwood works, on the edge of the New South Wales outback, are untamed stretches of dry forest cut through with wild rivers. She's often alone, and she likes it that way - until she discovers the body of a man, brutally murdered, in a vandalised campground.
Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Matheson knows organised crime and gang violence from the inside out. He's so good at undercover work that his colleagues aren't sure which side he's really on. His posting to Strathnairn is supposed to be a return to normal duties, but the murder victim in the campground is only the first of Jo's discoveries.
As Jo and Nick uncover drugs and a stash of illegal weapons, the evidence points towards locals - young men already on the wrong side of the law. But as far as Nick's concerned, it doesn't add up. When the body count starts mounting - each brutally punished before death - he becomes convinced that one person is behind the killings, one person is manipulating the men to commit horrific crimes, forming them into his own private drug-dealing cartel.
Jo has seen the man's face, and now she's his next target. Nick's determined to protect her, but trapped in the rugged outback he and Jo will have to act quickly if they are going to survive.
Book 1 in the riveting Goodabri series. STORM CLOUDS is Book 2; SUNSET SHADOWS is Book 3.
**INCLUDES BONUS CHAPTERS of STORM CLOUDS and SUNSET SHADOWS**
Praise for Bronwyn Parry:
'Loyalty and romance combine with action to make a memorable story.' - WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
'[Bronwyn] remains firmly in my autobuy list.' - BOOKTOPIA'S ROMANCE BUZZ
Favourite Romantic Suspense Novel, 2012 (Australian Romance Readers Association)
Romantic Suspense Finalist (Romance Writers of America, RITA Awards)
The national parks where Ranger Jo Lockwood works, on the edge of the New South Wales outback, are untamed stretches of dry forest cut through with wild rivers. She's often alone, and she likes it that way - until she discovers the body of a man, brutally murdered, in a vandalised campground.
Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Matheson knows organised crime and gang violence from the inside out. He's so good at undercover work that his colleagues aren't sure which side he's really on. His posting to Strathnairn is supposed to be a return to normal duties, but the murder victim in the campground is only the first of Jo's discoveries.
As Jo and Nick uncover drugs and a stash of illegal weapons, the evidence points towards locals - young men already on the wrong side of the law. But as far as Nick's concerned, it doesn't add up. When the body count starts mounting - each brutally punished before death - he becomes convinced that one person is behind the killings, one person is manipulating the men to commit horrific crimes, forming them into his own private drug-dealing cartel.
Jo has seen the man's face, and now she's his next target. Nick's determined to protect her, but trapped in the rugged outback he and Jo will have to act quickly if they are going to survive.
Book 1 in the riveting Goodabri series. STORM CLOUDS is Book 2; SUNSET SHADOWS is Book 3.
**INCLUDES BONUS CHAPTERS of STORM CLOUDS and SUNSET SHADOWS**
Praise for Bronwyn Parry:
'Loyalty and romance combine with action to make a memorable story.' - WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
'[Bronwyn] remains firmly in my autobuy list.' - BOOKTOPIA'S ROMANCE BUZZ
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Bronwyn Parry's manuscript for AS DARKNESS FALLS, then titled FALLING INTO DARKNESS, was awarded the 2007 Golden Heart Award by the Romance Writers of America. She has an honours degree in History and English and is undertaking a part-time PhD, researching online communities of romance readers and writers. DEAD HEAT is her third novel.
