Sydney, The body of a young woman is found in Chinatown. She's been beaten, tortured - and tattooed with the image of a sun. Called to the scene, Sergeant Jackie Rose asks herself whether this was a drug murder, or something else. But before her investigation can get under way, she is ordered to hand the case over to the Australian Federal Police.

Cape Town, South A local girl recruited to study in Australia has fallen off the radar. Veteran detective Schalk Lourens - recently suspended from duty - has already made plans to visit his daughter in Sydney, with emigration in mind. He decides to search for the missing girl while he is there.

Jackie and Schalk join forces, exposing a trail of corruption and crime stretching from the foreshore of the city's iconic harbour, back to South Africa and across the world.

Together the pair must navigate a minefield of deceit and manipulation set by an enemy more powerful and depraved than they can imagine. And failure isn'tan option, because not only their own futures, but those of hundreds of vulnerable young people, hang in the balance.

Author

Natalie Conyer

I grew up in South Africa but have lived in Sydney for a long time.

I always wanted to write but took up a corporate career instead. One day I realised that if I didn't start writing soon I'd end up in the twilight home without having written anything. The next day I gave up my sensible corporate job and started to write.

For the first few years I concentrated on short stories. Then I wrote a novel, Present Tense, which was published in 2019. It's an exciting police procedural starring detective Schalk Lourens; I'm currently working on a sequel.

I write crime fiction. In fact, I love the genre so much I actually did a doctorate in it. That's pure devotion, isn't it?

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Series: Schalk Lourens

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9781760688868
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