The Dragon Man

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 A master storyteller GUARDIAN A superb chronicler of cop culture SUNDAY TIMES The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke THE TIMESTHERE S DANGER ON THE OPEN ROADSummer is approaching on the Mornington Peninsula The heat is ramping up a drought has been forecast and Detective Inspector Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and dreading the upcoming holiday madness But then he s called to the sleepy town of Waterloo where there s something more to fear Women are being abducted and murdered their bodies found along the Old Highway The media demand answers and with a team who cause as much trouble as they solve Challis is under increasing pressure But this killer s business is far from over From the multiple Ned Kelly Award winning author of Consolation and Day s End comes the first Hal Challis investigation for readers of Jane Harper Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer