Dark Desert Road
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Dark Desert Road

Family loyalty meets violent extremism in this gripping, high-stakes crime thriller

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eBook - ePub

Dark Desert Road

Family loyalty meets violent extremism in this gripping, high-stakes crime thriller

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Zaffre
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781806174324
Subtopic
Crime & Mystery Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Dark Desert Road
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1: The Courier
  8. Chapter 2: Kit
  9. Chapter 3: Billie
  10. Chapter 4: Kit
  11. Chapter 5: Billie
  12. Chapter 6: Sydney, 2006
  13. Chapter 7: Kit
  14. Chapter 8: Billie
  15. Chapter 9: Sydney, 2006
  16. Chapter 10: Billie
  17. Chapter 11: Billie
  18. Chapter 12: Sydney, 2007
  19. Chapter 13: Billie
  20. Chapter 14: Fortitude
  21. Chapter 15: Kit
  22. Chapter 16: Kit
  23. Chapter 17: Sydney, 2014
  24. Chapter 18: Billie
  25. Chapter 19: Fortitude
  26. Chapter 20: Billie
  27. Chapter 21: Kit
  28. Chapter 22: Fortitude
  29. Chapter 23: Billie
  30. Chapter 24: Kit
  31. Chapter 25: Kit
  32. Chapter 26: Billie
  33. Chapter 27: Billie, Nebraska, 2021
  34. Chapter 28: Kit
  35. Chapter 29: Kit
  36. Chapter 30: The Courier
  37. Chapter 31: Fortitude
  38. Chapter 32: Kit
  39. Chapter 33: Billie, South Dakota, 2021
  40. Chapter 34: The Courier
  41. Chapter 35: Kit
  42. Chapter 36: Kit
  43. Chapter 37: Billie
  44. Chapter 38: Kit
  45. Chapter 39: The Courier
  46. Chapter 40: Kit
  47. Chapter 41: Fortitude
  48. Chapter 42: Kit
  49. Chapter 43: Kit
  50. Chapter 44: Kit
  51. Chapter 45: Kit
  52. Chapter 46: Billie
  53. Chapter 47: Kit
  54. Chapter 48: Kit
  55. Chapter 49: Billie
  56. Chapter 50: Kit
  57. Chapter 51: Kit
  58. Chapter 52: Naiqama
  59. Chapter 53: Kit
  60. Chapter 54: Kit
  61. Epilogue
  62. Author’s Note
  63. Acknowledgments
  64. About the Author
  65. Copyright

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