Shadows on the Horizon/Bloodtree River/Echoes of the Past/Lying in

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Three rural suspense stories about law enforcement officers and the small towns they've sworn to protect. Bloodtree River by Sarah Barrie Policewoman Indiana O'Meara is no stranger to the forces of evil. So when girls begin to go missing at a remote cattle station in Tasmania, she is quick to agree to go undercover to investigate chief suspect Logan Atherton, the owner of Calico Mountain Lodge. As Indy begins to dig deeper into the secrets at the lodge, she finds herself embroiled in a murderous web more complex and terrifying than she could ever have imagined...one that is linked to her own past. Echoes of the Past by TJ Hamilton Born on the wrong side of the tracks, Leila Mayne has her work cut out for her trying to convince her small town to trust her new badge. But it seems the only person willing to accept her new career is her childhood sweetheart, the man she ran away from and has spent her time trying to forget. But he has secrets, dark secrets that could destroy the integrity and fresh start Leila has worked so hard for. When it comes to a battle between her heart and her badge, will there be any winners? Lying in Wait by Diane Hester With a high number of brown snake incidents affecting their small community, Port Matthews desperately needs an experienced snake handler on the Parks and Wildlife team. When a terrifying encounter with a snake reveals unknown skills, grieving widow and single mum Andy Vaughn might just be person for the job. But is the increased snake activity just an unusual spike, or is something more sinister going on? New cop in town Dev certainly thinks so ... if only he can convince everyone else.

Sarah Barrie is the author of nine novels, including her bestselling print debut Secrets of Whitewater Creek, the Hunters Ridge trilogy and the Calico Mountain trilogy. In a past life, while gaining degrees in arts, science and education, Sarah worked as a teacher, a vet nurse, a horse trainer and a magazine editor, before deciding she wanted to write novels. About the only thing that has remained constant is her love of all things crime. Her favourite place in the world is the family property, where she writes her stories overlooking mountains crisscrossed with farmland, bordered by the beauty of the Australian bush, and where, at the end of the day, she can spend time with family, friends, a good Irish whiskey and a copy of her next favourite book. TJ Hamilton is a crime expert, writing professionally for varying platforms of media and entertainment. As a former police officer for the New South Wales Police Force with a BA in Criminology, TJ has carved a solid understanding of the macabre over the past fifteen years. TJ's passion for storytelling developed after leaving the police force where she used her knowledge to create stories of mystery and intrigue. She has won the coveted Scarlet Stiletto Award for the Sisters In Crime and was shortlisted for Endemol-Shine's ROAR: Smart For A Girl initiative to develop women writers for screen. TJ's work has been published in various news mastheads, including News Corp's Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. TJ now works in script development for television, providing story consultation with production companies such as Playmaker, CJZ and Hardy White. Visit her website at: www.tj-hamilton.com Born in New York, Diane Hester is a former violinist with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Adelaide Symphony. Her debut thriller, Run To Me, short-listed in the 2014 U.S. Daphne du Maurier Awards. She lives with her family and numerous pets in Port Lincoln, South Australia.