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A death pact and shocking betrayal. A deluded killer. A small town detective pushed to the brink. Set in the rural Australian town of Lockyer, Detective Sergeant Jarrod O'Connor is thrust into a baffling double homicide case. When a couple is gunned down inside their idyllic country homestead, three children barely escape with their lives and hold the key to breaking the case wide open. In search of a motive, O'Connor discovers there are others who share the killer's twisted delusions and taste for immortality. Tormented by his own demons, O'Connor forms a strong bond with the children who he…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
A death pact and shocking betrayal. A deluded killer. A small town detective pushed to the brink. Set in the rural Australian town of Lockyer, Detective Sergeant Jarrod O'Connor is thrust into a baffling double homicide case. When a couple is gunned down inside their idyllic country homestead, three children barely escape with their lives and hold the key to breaking the case wide open. In search of a motive, O'Connor discovers there are others who share the killer's twisted delusions and taste for immortality. Tormented by his own demons, O'Connor forms a strong bond with the children who he must protect at the risk of placing his own family in danger. As O'Connor pieces together clues, he is drawn closer to a deadly confrontation and thrilling climax.
Autorenporträt
Jack Roney grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland, with a boyhood dream of becoming a police officer. He joined the police academy straight out of high school, serving in a variety of roles, including detective. Jack moved to Brisbane and has taken a career break from his 32 years of policing to focus on his secret passion for reading and writing. With his first novel, The Angels Wept, leading his crime fiction trilogy, The Ghost Train and The Scarlet Moon is his first foray into speculative fiction. Jack is an avid football (soccer) fan and lover of Star Wars and coffee. He is most content at home with his family and their three fur babies - Charlie the Burmese cat, Louie the golden Labrador and Freddie the black Spoodle.