The First Law of the Bush by Geoff Parkes – it’s a beautiful day to be alive, Bill Dickerson thought, seconds before he tumbled from the viaduct onto the jagged rocks below . . .
His untimely death made national news! One year on, however, his widow, Carol, has received no explanation regarding the tragic incident. Was it suicide? An accident? Could it be murder?
Carol decides to hire lawyer Ryan Bradley to fight for justice. Ryan, after ten years away, has recently returned to the remote town of Nashville, therefore he’s in no position to turn work away.
However, it appears the case is deemed hopeless from the start. Bill’s employer is denying all responsibility, Carol’s friends are avoiding her, and the only witnesses – co-workers Gav Coates and Wati Reynolds are unable to shed any light whatsoever on Bill’s tragic fall. Also, it seems that Senior Sergeant ‘Stinger’ Nettle is far too busy turning a blind eye to Wati’s illegal schemes to help Ryan to dig deeper into the tragic death.
In small towns, however, nothing is quite what it seems. For one Nashville resident the wrong question will come at a deadly price!
Set in the1990’s in New Zealand’s rugged King Country, the isolated small town image has stimulated the author’s imagination to create an edge of the seat experience of mystery and murder and provided the reader with a cracking good read!
ISBN:9781761349317
The First Law of the Bush is available in paperback, e-book and audiobook
Geoff Parkes – Born and raised in rural New Zealand, he now lives in Melbourne. For the last twelve years he’s written a weekly opinion column for The Roar, Australia’s leading on-line sports website. He is the author of two crime novels, When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole and The First Law of the Bush.
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-first-law-of-the-bush-9781761349317
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