Broad River Station by Fleur McDonald

 

Lovely! A new book featuring Detective Dave Burrows. Fleur McDonald’s characters are always relatable because they radiate authenticity; a new one, Mia, a newly graduated constable in her first posting to the Broad River police station, comes up against prejudice which she has to find a way to deal with, while at the same time coping with her beloved grandmother’s descent into dementia. 

Outback South Australia comes alive once more under Fleur McDonald’s guidance. Mia does exceptionally well with her first serious assignment at Broad River, where she also meets Dave Burrows. A child has gone missing and Dave’s is one of  the stations which has been called on to join in the search. Fortunately, and coincidentally, she soon finds herself in Barker working with Dave in trying to solve an outback mystery involving agricultural sabotage.

Fleur’s lived experiences of farming in South and Western Australia provide the inspiration for her books and make them believable. She deserves her reputation as one of Australia’s top novelists.

Published by Allen & Unwin