THIS NOVEL PACKS A punch and has a wonderful irreverence that sets it apart from most crime writing. Emily Tempest is drawn away from her city life and back to Moonlight Downs, a community in Central Australia that she left half a lifetime ago. Although she discovers life has progressed, some things have not changed a bit. The barefoot kids she knew are now bush mechanics and the simmering tension between the black and white communities is even greater than she remembers.
Adrian Hyland
Adrian Hyland spent many years in the Northern Territory, living and working among indigenous people. He now teaches at LaTrobe University. Diamond Dove is his first novel. It is the first crime novel to feature an indigenous protagonist since Arthur Upfield’s Boney series.
