Still

Author: Matt Nable

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  • : $26.40 AUD
  • : 9780733644740
  • : Hachette Australia
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  • : October 2020
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  • : Matt Nable
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780733644740
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Description

Darwin, Summer, 1963.


The humidity sat heavy and thick over the town as Senior Constable Ned Potter looked down at a body that had been dragged from the shallow marshland. He didn't need a coroner to tell him this was a bad death. He didn't know then that this was only the first. Or that he was about to risk everything looking for answers.


Late one night, Charlotte Clark drove the long way home, thinking about how stuck she felt, a 23-year-old housewife, married to a cowboy who wasn't who she thought he was. The days ahead felt suffocating, living in a town where she was supposed to keep herself nice and wait for her husband to get home from the pub. Charlotte stopped the car, stepped out to breathe in the night air and looked out over the water to the tangled mangroves. She never heard a sound before the hand was around her mouth.


Both Charlotte and Ned are about to learn that the world they live in is full of secrets and that it takes courage to fight for what is right. But there are people who will do anything to protect themselves and sometimes courage is not enough to keep you safe.


STILL is an evocative, page-turning thriller from a brilliant Australian writer.


If you loved THE DRY and SCRUBLANDS, you will love STILL.

Reviews

Matt Nable has written a compelling murder mystery set in 1963 Darwin.  The novel's characters come to life under Matt's deft hand and he conveys a very strong sense of place, the heat and humidity particularly. The narrative is fast paced does not hold back as the body count mounts.  A very satisfying crime thriller. Michael (the bookseller)