‘If I wanted to play safe, Gil, I’d never have joined the police force. Parry keeps the interactions between Gil and Kris simple, honest and realistic-a good foil for the fast-paced suspense plot. This works because the suspense revolves around him, but also because Kris has fewer demons than he does. In her previous book, Parry focused on the heroine’s point of view Dark Country feels very much like Gil’s story. This isn’t a criticism, but for me it explains the shift in focus. I’m assuming Dark Country was written to suit the Australian market from the beginning, and I think it shows. At ARRC, Parry mentioned that she wrote her first book, As Darkness Falls, originally with an American market in mind. The romance in the story takes more of backseat in Dark Country than is typical in romantic suspense-the story is mercifully free of untimely groping while on the run from murderous villains. This isn’t a CSI-esque novel-police investigations are under-resourced for the events that unfold, and everyone just has to work around these types of constraints. I know nothing about small community policing, but Parry’s writing reflects how I imagine the system would work in a town like Dungirri. The next day, a dead woman is found in the boot of Gil’s car, and as violence escalates, Gil realises he’s endangering the people he cares about and that it may be impossible to walk away from the town this time around.ĭark Country’s suspense plot is an intricate mystery that pulls together Gil’s unresolved childhood issues and current tensions within the Dungirri community. Gil is wary of cops, but an incident sparked by old grievances puts him under Kris’s care for the next 24 hours. Along the way, he meets police sergeant Kris Matthews. He’d been involved in a fatal car accident that landed him in prison, so he’s not expecting a warm welcome from the town. The contest ends midnight on Friday, December 11 AEST.īronwyn Parry’s second novel is a much more intricate thriller that balances romance and suspense in a way that should appeal to the broadest possible audience.ĭark Country opens with Morgan ‘Gil’ Gillespie’s return to Dungirri, hinting at his troubled past and discomfort at returning to a place that holds nothing but bad memories. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Read on for a chance to win a free copy of Dark Country.
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