Overview

In the endless tracts of the New South Wales bushland Ranger Cal Nyx finds a dead body under unusual circumstances. It soon becomes apparent this is a historic death. Growing attention on the crime puts the blowtorch to a murderer who's managed to evade justice. For now. Detective Inspector Liz Scobie leads the police investigation while her partner, Nyx, uses her own considerable - some might say unorthodox - methods to chase down a killer. With speculation growing in the small community, someone privy to information becomes a new target for the killer. Join Nyx and Scobie in their dogged pursuit of a bold predator with everything to lose.

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""Nyx is one of those characters who leaps off the page at the reader. Physically capable, emotionally not always so much, she's loyal, hardworking, brave, and a bit daft on occasion. It's rewarding to read a female character who is independent, strong and good at her job, despite the physical challenges, and remote locations she's working in. Her partner, DI Scobie is a good cop too, and whilst they don't work ""together"" as such, they compliment each other, when Nyx isn't driving Scobie mad. And then there's Dif - who goes way back with Nyx, and is capable, and complicated all at the same time. That backstory from THE QUARRY would be handy to know although there are hints about the past and the reality of Dif's life in this novel. .All these books come with intriguing plots, and the build up of that cast of characters, with some social commentary sprinkled in there for good measure. They are a bit on the gritty side without falling into noir, emotional without being over the top, much like Nyx herself, who is very much a female working class hero."" Karen Chisholm, AustCimeFiction.org

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Kim completed a Master of Letters at the University of Sydney and was a runner up in the 2023 Sisters in Crime USA Pride Awards, recognizing her as an Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Fiction Writer.Her writing is informed by her time as a band roadie, dj, tiler, horticulturalist and women's refuge worker. Countless automotive projects litter her past and permeate her present.She writes about the sort of kick-ass female protagonists you rarely see in crime fiction. Working class heroes. Fierce femmes. Gender outlaws and precious misfits. Readers are propelled through gritty Antipodean road trips, urban cityscapes and endless tracts of coastal forest: a body dumpers paradise.The Cal Nyx Mystery Thriller series began in 2020 with The Beautiful Dead, followed by The Quarry (2023) and The Freezer (2024).The Ngaio Marsh Awards recognized The Beautiful Dead when it was shortlisted for Best First Novel in 2021 with The Quarry being longlisted in 2024.A standalone crime novel set in New Zealand, The Corrector, is in pre-publication.Kim's current works-in-progress are a fourth Cal Nyx mystery thriller and a follow-up to The Corrector.Kim currently lives and writes in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

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