Nothing like old-fashioned misogyny to make the ignorant turn down good advice. And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets.ĭeath rarely changes how we feel about someone. As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there’s more to Luke’s death than there seems to be, long-buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them. But now more than one person knows they didn’t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.Īmid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke’s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. The parents of his best friend are convinced their son could not have murdered his family and Falk agrees to help the local sheriff investigate in this compulsive mystery that will draw you in from the very first page.Īfter getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. For the first time since he was run out of town as a teen, Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns home for the funeral. Amid the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra, Australia, is rocked by a murder-suicide in a local family.
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