Skull River
In a fading gold town, the seams of violence run deep
$30.39
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2025
Summary
A gripping Australian historical crime novel set in 1912.
Skull River by Pip Fioretti follows Detective Gus Hawkins into a violent goldfields town full of secrets, trauma, and murder, perfect for readers of Garry Disher and Chris Hammer.
‘I was like a man washed ashore on an island, half mad and only my warrant card and blood-soaked uniform to vouch for me. But I had to act as if I knew what the hell to do.’
In Autumn of 1912, mounted trooper …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923046788 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923046780 |
| Author: | Pip Fioretti |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 456g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Gus Hawkins |
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Critics Review
‘A distinctive voice and sparkling prose … a cracking crime thriller.‘MICHAEL BRISSENDEN‘The author delivers dark humour and great characters in this razor-sharp account of the changes happening when the gold rush is at its end.’ * Good Reading *‘An absorbing and, at times, heartbreaking, experience.’ * Sisters In Crime *‘Readers who enjoy accounts of Australian history will appreciate the depth of Fioretti’s research, while mystery lovers will eagerly follow Gus’s investigation.’ * ReadPlus *
About The Author
Pip Fioretti
Pip Fioretti has a professional background in visual arts, both practice and teaching, and took up writing fiction in 2008. She has had three books published in Women’s Fiction by Hachette Australia and Pan MacMillan, and her first crime novel was Bone Lands, published by Affirm Press in 2024. Pip lives in Sydney and likes reading, looking at art, bushwalking and hanging out with friends and family.
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