Dark Desert Road [electronic resource] : Family loyalty meets violent extremism in this gripping, high-stakes crime thriller
Ayliffe, Tim2026
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Kit McCarthy hasn't seen her identical twin sister, Billie, in more than a decade. The sisters don't see eye to eye, which is understandable, considering Kit's a police officer and Billie followed their violent father into a life of crime. Kit is no angel. Burnt out by years working in child protection, she has been accused of using excessive force in the arrest of a violent drunk. Kit has just been ordered to take time off work when she gets a frantic message from Billie, telling her she has a young son and that somebody is trying to kill her. And then Billie disappears. Determined to find her estranged sister, Kit's only lead comes after visiting their father in prison. Malcolm McCarthy claims Billie married a former United States Marine and has been living with a group of sovereign citizens in the desert country of the New South Wales Riverina. Kit's journey to find Billie takes her through shuttered towns destroyed by drought, where everybody owns guns, nobody talks to cops, and people get lost for a reason. Out here a war is brewing between a ruthless bikie gang and a separatist community that is re-engaging with society in the most violent way. Kit will risk everything to find her sister and the nephew she never knew she had. But does Billie really want to be saved?
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Author:
Ayliffe, Tim, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Bonnier Books UK, 2026
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Tim Ayliffe is an award-winning author whose thriller novels have been informed by his 25-year global career as a journalist. He writes about crime, espionage, extremism and the global power games at play in the twenty-first century. He has been the Managing Editor of Television and Video for ABC News and also Executive Producer of News Breakfast. He is the author of the 'John Bailey' series including The Greater Good, State of Fear, The Enemy Within, Killer Traitor Spy - which won the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Danger Awards - and The Wrong Man. Tim's thrillers are also in development for TV. He lives in Sydney.
ISBN:
9781786587220
Language:
English
BRN:
9098627
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