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Awards for Works
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The Beautiful Dead
Cambridge
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Bloodhound Books
,
2020
19589874
2020
single work
novel
thriller
'In a small rural community north-west of Sydney, park ranger, Cal Nyx, finds a badly decomposed body in the bush. When the remains are identified as someone she once knew, the police treat her as a suspect. Cal, a tough and canny woman, needs to find the killer and convince the police of her innocence.
'When it turns out the victim was wanted in relation to a previous murder, the case takes a complicated turn. And with family issues bubbling away in the background, Cal starts to feel the heat.
'To make matters worse, Cal has a difficult history, and when the police start probing into her private life, she finds herself in a race against the clock to solve the crime.
'But the murderer has Cal in their sights, and she has a choice to make…
'Catch a killer or do right by her family?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2021 shortlisted Ngaio Marsh Award — Best First Novel
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