Mole Creek is not far from where I live, and as I enjoy Tasmanian crime fiction I thought I’d give this a try.

Expect a fast-paced thriller, taking place in modern day Australia and during the Vietnam War. Most of the novel is from the point of view of the protagonist, Xander McAuslan, a crime journalist, while some chapters are told from his grandfather’s days in 1970. When Xander refuses to accept that his grandfather has taken his own life, affairs grow increasingly o...