Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense discussion

Hi all, I recently re-published several works I wrote years ago but had taken down. I am now focussed on writing again and wanted to share some of my works on Goodreads. Grassland is set in Australia as a young journalist is tasked with investigating a commune that her ex boyfriend is involved with.

Here is the blurb from Amazon:

From a distance, it looks like paradise: lush green fields, a tight-knit community, and a charismatic leader who promises a better way of life. For journalist Katie Crate, this is the story that could make her career—an exclusive exposé on the remote commune known as "Grassland" and the man at its heart.

But the leader is no stranger. He’s JJ, the boy from her past, the friend she thought she knew. Now he’s a messiah, and as Katie is drawn deeper into his world of unnerving devotion and bizarre rituals, she realizes this is more than just an assignment. It's a reckoning.

A former employee has vanished, the community’s smiles don't quite reach their eyes, and the idyllic façade of Grassland barely conceals the darkness festering beneath. Katie's investigation into JJ's secrets becomes a desperate excavation of her own past, forcing her to confront the twisted history that binds them together.

In a place where faith is a weapon and the only thing more dangerous than the lies is the truth, will exposing her friend's secrets save the lost, or will it make Katie the next to disappear?

Perfect for fans of the immersive, creeping dread of Tana French and the dark, female-led psychological thrillers of Gillian Flynn, Grassland is a chilling journey into a world where the path to salvation leads directly to hell.

Grassland by Billy Betts