Scrublands

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Synopsis

In this searing, “indisputable page-turner” (Associated Press), a town’s dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest’s unthinkable last act—in the vein of The Dry and Where the Crawdads Sing.

In Riversend, an isolated Australian community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable: he kills five parishioners before being taken down himself.

A year later, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend. His assignment: to report how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of the tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realize that the accepted explanation—a theory established through an award-winning investigation by Martin’s own newspaper—may be wrong.

Just as Martin believes he’s making headway, a shocking new crime rocks the town. As the national media flocks to the scene, Martin finds himself thrown into a whole new mystery.

What was the real reason behind the priest’s shooting spree? And how does it connect to other deaths in the district, if at all? Martin struggles to uncover the town’s dark secrets, putting his job, his mental state, and his very life at risk.

For fans of James Lee Burke, Jane Harper, and Robert Crais, Scrublands is “a gritty debut...sensitively rendered” (The New York Times Book Review) that marks Chris Hammer as a stunning new voice in crime fiction.

Chapters

  • 001 Scrublands Title

    Duration: 34s
  • 002 Scrublands Prologue

    Duration: 03min
  • 003 Scrublands Ch1

    Duration: 25min
  • 004 Scrublands Ch2

    Duration: 21min
  • 005 Scrublands Ch3

    Duration: 20min
  • 006 Scrublands Ch4

    Duration: 30min
  • 007 Scrublands Ch5

    Duration: 21min
  • 008 Scrublands Ch6

    Duration: 24min
  • 009 Scrublands Ch7

    Duration: 32min
  • 010 Scrublands Ch8

    Duration: 21min
  • 011 Scrublands Ch9

    Duration: 34min
  • 012 Scrublands Ch10

    Duration: 31min
  • 013 Scrublands Ch11

    Duration: 49min
  • 014 Scrublands Ch12

    Duration: 42min
  • 015 Scrublands Ch13

    Duration: 28min
  • 016 Scrublands Ch14

    Duration: 39min
  • 017 Scrublands Ch15

    Duration: 28min
  • 018 Scrublands Ch16

    Duration: 26min
  • 019 Scrublands Ch17

    Duration: 44min
  • 020 Scrublands Ch18

    Duration: 26min
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