Fiction
The Fallback
by D L Hicks
Description
DEEP DOWN, THERE’S SOMETHING WE’D ALL KILL FOR. I KNOW I WOULD. I KNOW I HAVE. I KNOW I WILL.
Recovering addict Eric Johnstone is turning his life around. Then, just months after he takes a job at the retirement village in Point Imlay, the ebbing tide reveals his body, trussed to the town’s oyster beds. In his pocket is the business card of Senior Detective John Darken.
As J.D. and homicide detective Emma Capsteen work to unravel the final days of Eric’s life, they uncover more questions than answers. Why does a local bikie seem to be given free reign? What are the residents at Seascape Gardens retirement village hiding? And, in a town whose beating heart is community, why isn’t anyone prepared to tell the whole truth?
A gripping exploration of the lengths people go to get what they want.
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'As one might expect from an author who is also a copper`The Fallback’ reeks of veracity in police procedure and criminal mentality. Its picture of small-town coastal life is so real you can smell the salt and vinegar on a local’s fish and chips, and there’s some lovely observations on what it is to be a geriatric in the twilight of life. A thoroughly enjoyable crime book on all fronts.' Dave Warner
Author Biography
David Hicks is a police officer with the Victorian Police. In his twenty-five years of service he has been on the frontline of everything from drug busts to serious collisions and all manner of violent crime, a job which he describes as giving him a front seat to crime and humanity in all its colour.
Through his stories, David hopes to challenge readers to examine the line between good and evil, and how circumstance can alter a person’s life in the blink of an eye.
David lives in Geelong with his wife and two children. He is the author of The Devil Inside (2020) and The Fallback (2022).
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Text copyright (c) D. L. Hicks 2022
Pantera Press
Pantera Press is a young and enthusiastic Australian book publisher, created to champion writing culture and literacy in Australia with a clear community and cultural purpose. We discover and nurture talented Australian writers who are great storytellers. We also publish non-fiction books that matter, and have a quirky imprint designed for millennials, Lost the Plot. From our Australian origins we are now also publishing titles that fit our criteria from around the world. As a social purpose business, we use our profits to fund charities and not-for-profits that encourage reading and work to close the literacy gap in Australia.
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- Publisher Pantera Press
- ISBN/Identifier 9780648677048
- Publication Country or regionAustralia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 29.99 AUD
- Pages352
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2022
- Dimensions234 x 153 mm
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