The Prospect by Fleur McDonald is her first crime novel set in Kalgoorlie. A journalist, Zara Ellison, and policeman, Jack Higgins have moved to Kalgoorlie from Adelaide as Zara has a job at the local newspaper. Jack has had to do additional training and work as a constable rather than the position of detective that he held in Adelaide, however shortly after his arrival in Kalgoorlie he is asked to join the detectives working on a new case. Jack and Zara both have to adapt to working and living in a gold mining town. Meanwhile the newspaper where she is working is about to close down although Zara is certain that there are lots of stories in town to investigate.
On an isolated stretch of road out of town, a car towing a caravan is forced off the road and the two occupants are found dead. Zara is the first person on the scene and is determined to find out what happened. Jack, of course, is also working on the case but is unable to provide her with any information. She therefore has to make her own investigations. Unfortunately these investigations pose a risk to her life.
An exciting well written crime novel embroiled in outback Western Australia.
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