
When former police detective Ted Conkaffey was wrongly accused of abducting Claire Bingley, he hoped the Queensland rainforest town of Crimson Lake would be a good place to disappear. But nowhere is safe from Claire’s devastated father. Dale Bingley has a brutal revenge plan all worked out – and if Ted doesn’t help find the real abductor, he’ll be its first casualty. Meanwhile, in a dark roadside hovel called the Barking Frog Inn, the bodies of two young bartenders lie on the beer-sodden floor. It’s Detective Inspector Pip Sweeney’s first homicide investigation – c… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Paedophilia, grooming & child sexual abuse recounted
- Rape recounted
- Cheating
- Blood & gore depiction
- Death of a friend
- Murder
- Gun violence
- Police corruption mentioned
- Wrongful incarceration
- Animal cruelty
