A young constable faces prejudice in a small country town, but the search for a missing child changes everything. A breathtaking novel of rural suspense from the bestselling Voice of the Outback.
Mia, a newly graduated constable, is assigned to the small country town of Broad River. And as certain as she is about her ability to do the job, on day one she’s already in conflict with colleagues who believe that women shouldn’t be coppers.
It takes the shine off coming home, where her grandmother, Clara, is in the early stages of dementia. Mia is accustomed to their conversations often not quite making sense, but when Clara gives Mia a mysterious key and hints of veiled family secrets, Mia isn’t sure what she should believe.
In the midst of all this, a local child goes missing and Mia is confined to barracks. When Detective Dave Burrows realises she has skills that could be put to use, Mia’s career takes a new turn, and she must decide down which road to walk.
Fleur McDonald is a huge name in rural fiction, having sold over 700,000 books. She’s a prolific author who thrills her fans with at least a new read each year, and now she’s back with her twentieth book, Broad River Station. It’s another punchy read featuring her much-loved character Detective Dave Burrows. Readers will enjoy Dave’s appearance here; he first appeared in her debut Red Dust and has played centre-stage in many of her books since. However, the new constable in town, Mia Worth, is the one who really shines through here.
Mia is a fantastic young protagonist who is gutsy and stands her ground amongst a group of established male police officers in the small town of Broad River. It’s fair to say she’s got a lot to go up against. McDonald has also woven the story of Mia’s grandmother, Clara, into this book. Clara is beginning to struggle with dementia, which is sensitively portrayed here, yet her role here goes far deeper into the mystery at bay in Broad River.
With a quintessentially outback South Australian setting, Aussie slang aplenty and a great mix of characters, Broad River Station will delight new and long-time readers of McDonald, who shows once again why she is known as the Voice of the Outback.
But with her mother squeezing her hand tight, she held it together, just. She also felt consoled in knowing her great-grandmother was no longer suffering from the cancer that had stolen her bright spirit and riddled her https://testmyspeed.onl/ body with pain.