The Broken River
the page-turning new mystery from the award-winning author of Scrublands
$36.37
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
17 July 2025
Summary
BURIED GOLD, OLD BONES. WHAT SECRETS LURK IN THE DEPTHS?
A masterclass of small-town mystery and jaw-dropping twists from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, Dead Man’s Creek and Cover the Bones.
A body has been discovered on the riverbanks of The Valley, a remote community in the hills of New South Wales. The gold mine at the heart of The Valley was once the lifeblood of this region, but it has been flo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035410798 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035410796 |
| Author: | Chris Hammer |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Wildfire |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 17 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Detective Nell Buchanan |
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Critics Review
One of the foremost practitioners of rural noir * Sunday Times *Impressive, well-paced and a triumph of the genre * The Critic *A tense tale entwining past and present narratives, political scandal and police corruption, and unexpected familial connections for Nell Buchanan, THE BROKEN RIVER shows a storyteller at the top of his considerable game. Masterful. * Craig Sisterson, Southern Cross Crime *One of the leading exponents of Australian outback noir * The Irish Sunday Independent *Australia’s most exciting crime writer * Daily Express *
About The Author
Chris Hammer
Chris Hammer is a leading Australian crime fiction novelist, author of the internationally bestselling Martin Scarsden series: Scrublands, Silver, Trust, and Legacy. Scrublands was shortlisted for major writing awards in Australia, the UK, and the United States. In the UK, it was named the Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Year 2019 and won the prestigious UK Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award. Scrublands was adapted for TV, airing on BBC4 in the UK. Silver aired on BBC2 in 2025.
Chris also writes the award-winning series featuring homicide detectives Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic: Opal Country, Dead Man’s Creek, Cover the Bones, and The Broken River.
Before turning to fiction, Chris was a journalist for more than thirty years, reporting from more than thirty countries on six continents. He has also written two non-fiction books: The River, winner of the ACT Book of the Year, and The Coast.
Chris lives in Canberra, Australia.
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