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The first law of the bush

Parkes, Geoff

Published2026 · Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN9781761349317
Physical346 pages ; 24 cm
Lawyers -- New Zealand -- Fiction. Widows -- New Zealand -- Fiction. Falls (Accidents) -- Fiction. Small cities -- New Zealand -- King Country -- Fiction. Nineteen nineties -- Fiction. King Country (N.Z.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.

"It's a beautiful day to be alive, Bill Dickerson thought, seconds before he fell from the viaduct onto the jagged rocks below. His awful death made national news. But still, one year on, Bill's widow Carol has received no explanation about what happened. Was it suicide? An accident? Maybe murder? So Carol hires lawyer Ryan Bradley in her fight for justice. Ryan has just returned to the remote town of Nashville after ten years away, so he's in no position to turn down work. Except the case seems hopeless from the start. Bill's employer is denying responsibility, Carol's friends are shunning her, and the only witnesses - co-workers Gav Coates and Wati Reynolds - can shed no light on the tragic fall. Even Senior Sergeant 'Stinger' Nettle is too busy turning a blind eye to Wati's illegal schemes to dig deeper into the death. But in small towns, nothing is quite what it seems. And for one Nashville resident the wrong question will come at a deadly price."--Publisher.

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