Crows Nest /
Mottram, Nikki,
Crows Nest / Nikki Mottram. - St Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, 2023. - 302 pages ; 23 cm. - Dana Gibson ; 1 .
Small Town. Big Secrets. Fleeing problems in her own marriage, child protection worker Dana Gibson leaves Sydney for a job in the Queensland town of Toowoomba. Her first house call is to nearby Crows Nest to assess the children of Sandra Kirby, which results in her getting both her new boss and a local detective offside. Dana soon learns that, in the country, city rules do not apply.When Sandra and her best friend are found shot dead, Dana is drawn into an investigation that will force her to strip away the friendly veneer of small-town life, while grappling with ghosts of her own. As buried secrets, bitter tensions and corruption come to light, how far will locals go to stop her uncovering the truth of what happened?
9780702265778 0702265772
NLApp103143 Australian Prepublication Data Service
Small cities--Australia--Queensland--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Corruption--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Social workers--Fiction.
Australian
Detective and mystery fiction.
Crows Nest / Nikki Mottram. - St Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, 2023. - 302 pages ; 23 cm. - Dana Gibson ; 1 .
Small Town. Big Secrets. Fleeing problems in her own marriage, child protection worker Dana Gibson leaves Sydney for a job in the Queensland town of Toowoomba. Her first house call is to nearby Crows Nest to assess the children of Sandra Kirby, which results in her getting both her new boss and a local detective offside. Dana soon learns that, in the country, city rules do not apply.When Sandra and her best friend are found shot dead, Dana is drawn into an investigation that will force her to strip away the friendly veneer of small-town life, while grappling with ghosts of her own. As buried secrets, bitter tensions and corruption come to light, how far will locals go to stop her uncovering the truth of what happened?
9780702265778 0702265772
NLApp103143 Australian Prepublication Data Service
Small cities--Australia--Queensland--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Corruption--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Social workers--Fiction.
Australian
Detective and mystery fiction.
