River of Salt

Blake Saunders was working as a hit man in Philadelphia in 1961 when his brother was killed. In order to save his own life he decided to try his luck following a surf lifestyle first in California, the Hawaii and finally settling on the Australian coast in northern NSW. His new home is at Coral Shoals where he runs a bar, the Surf Shack. He learns the guitar and plays regularly in a band. There is always time to surf in the river of salt, his other passion.

His life changes when the body of a young woman found in a motel is believed to have had a connection with the Surf Shack. At the same time some heavies from Brisbane decide to set up a protection racket in the region. Part of the life he had hoped to escape forever re-emerges and forces him to reaccess his life and the person who he really is.

This crime novel by Dave Warner, contains many twists and turns as Blake investigates the murder when he believes that the wrong person has been arrested for the crime.