The Train Rider

As Victoria's top homicide investigator, Darian Richards spent years catching killers. The crimes of passion, of anger, of revenge ... they were easy. It was the monsters who were hard.

Someone was taking girls. At first he'd keep them a week then give them back. Darian warned that wouldn't last. It didn't. From then on, their bodies were never found. Girls kept disappearing. All they had in common was the fact they'd last been seen on a train.

The ever-rising list of the vanished broke Darian. Forced him to walk away. Now, retired, watching the Noosa River flow by, the nightmares had finally stopped. Darian was never going back.

Then three girls go missing from Queensland trains. Darian knows that the killer is playing him. He has a choice to make. But when the decision means a girl will die, there is no choice. He has to stop this man once and for all. Forever.

“Chilling and memorable: top-notch Aussie noir definitely not for the faint-hearted. - Graeme Blundell on Tony Cavanaugh's PROMISEOne of the most complex and uncompromising heroes since Harry Bosch. - Weekend Australian on Tony Cavanaugh's Dead Girl SingTony Cavanaugh brings new depth and dimension to crime fiction in this country. - The Weekend West on The Train RiderCompulsive reading... It is brutal. It is terrifying. It is a brilliant book. - Rob Minshull, ABC Radio on PromiseEdgy and stylistically taut - New York Journal of Books on Tony Cavanaugh's Promise”

Chilling and memorable: top-notch Aussie noir definitely not for the faint-hearted. - Graeme Blundell on Tony Cavanaugh's PROMISE

One of the most complex and uncompromising heroes since Harry Bosch. - Weekend Australian on Tony Cavanaugh's Dead Girl Sing

Tony Cavanaugh brings new depth and dimension to crime fiction in this country. - The Weekend West on The Train Rider

Compulsive reading... It is brutal. It is terrifying. It is a brilliant book. - Rob Minshull, ABC Radio on Promise

Edgy and stylistically taut - New York Journal of Books on Tony Cavanaugh's Promise

Tony Cavanaugh is an Australian crime novelist, screenwriter and film and television producer. He has over thirty years' experience in the film industry, has lectured at several prestigious universities and has been a regular guest on radio commenting on the film and television industry. His Darian Richards novels which include PROMISE, DEAD GIRL SING and THE TRAIN RIDER, have been highly praised.

For more information about Tony Cavanaugh visit his Facebook page or follow him on Twitter (@TonyCavanaugh1).

As Victoria's top homicide investigator, Darian Richards spent years catching killers. The crimes of passion, of anger, of revenge ... they were easy. It was the monsters who were hard. Someone was taking girls. At first he'd keep them a week then give them back. Darian warned that wouldn't last. It didn't. From then on, their bodies were never found. Girls kept disappearing. All they had in common was the fact they'd last been seen on a train. The ever-rising list of the vanished broke Darian. Forced him to walk away. Now, retired, watching the Noosa River flow by, the nightmares had finally stopped. Darian was never going back. Then three girls go missing from Queensland trains. Darian knows that the killer is playing him. He has a choice to make. But when the decision means a girl will die, there is no choice. He has to stop this man once and for all. Forever.

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