The Valley
$22.13
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back-and Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught homicide yet.
A controversial entrepreneur is murdered in a remote mountain valley, but this is no ordinary case when Nell discovers that the victim is a close blood relative.
The investigation delves into Nell’s own family to uncover a mystery years in the making. What was her mother’s involvement, and what was the connection to troubled young police officer Simmons Burnside? And why do…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761472862 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761472860 |
| Author: | Chris Hammer |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 197mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Chris Hammer
Chris Hammer is a leading Australian crime fiction author. His first book, Scrublands, was an instant #1 bestseller upon publication in 2018. It won the prestigious UK Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey New Blood Dagger and was shortlisted for awards in Australia and the United States.
Scrublands has been sold into translation in several foreign languages. Chris’s follow-up books-Silver (2019), Trust (2020), Treasure & Dirt (2021), The Tilt (2022) and The Seven (2023)-are also bestsellers and all have been shortlisted for major literary prizes. The Valley is his seventh novel.
The Tilt (published as Dead Man’s Creek in the UK) was named The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year for 2023.
Scrublands has been adapted for television, screening globally, and a second series based on Silver aired in 2025.
Before turning to fiction, Chris was a journalist for more than thirty years. He has written two non-fiction books The River (2010) and The Coast (2012).
He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Charles Sturt University and a master’s degree in international relations from the Australian National University.
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