Opal: The BRAND NEW jaw dropping and unputdownable thriller by Patricia Wolf
Sep 2024 · A DS Walker Thriller Book 3 · Embla Books
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'Another stunner in the series... A rip-roaring thriller Down Under. Loved the characters and a great plot. Her best yet!' Michelle Teahan
A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them.
DS Lucas Walker is out bush with his little sister Grace from Boston. They're fetching his cousin Blair, who's been mining boulder opal in Kanpara. The town is tense with rumours of a big opal find, and Blair wants out.
But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and when the three try to leave the next day, they find themselves completely cut off. A deluge far north has flooded the rivers overnight, making the roads impassable. Then Blair receives a shocking phone call.
Two bodies have been found, brutally murdered.
Trapped, with a killer in their midst, Walker is in a race to uncover the murderer before the water recedes. And when Blair is arrested by local police, the stakes couldn't be higher. With all his focus on clearing his cousin's name, will Walker see how much danger his sister is in before it's too late?
The third thrilling instalment in the gripping and bestselling DS Lucas Walker series is full of breathtaking twists and dark turns - for fans of Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker.
Readers are LOVING Opal:
'Another must read author...you can almost feel the heat and dirt' Reader review, 5 stars
'A great story, a great writer and a great setting - what more could a reader want?' Reader review, 5 stars
'Thoroughly entertaining and gripping story that will keep you guessing until close to the end' Reader review, 5 stars
'DS Lucas Walkers series just gets better and better and she's quickly earned a place on my favourite authors list... An excellent read' Reader review, 5 stars
'Strong characters, a carefully constructed plot with unexpected twists and a shocking conclusion... This is a must read and an excellent choice for any book club. 5 stars' Reader review, 5 stars
A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them.
DS Lucas Walker is out bush with his little sister Grace from Boston. They're fetching his cousin Blair, who's been mining boulder opal in Kanpara. The town is tense with rumours of a big opal find, and Blair wants out.
But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and when the three try to leave the next day, they find themselves completely cut off. A deluge far north has flooded the rivers overnight, making the roads impassable. Then Blair receives a shocking phone call.
Two bodies have been found, brutally murdered.
Trapped, with a killer in their midst, Walker is in a race to uncover the murderer before the water recedes. And when Blair is arrested by local police, the stakes couldn't be higher. With all his focus on clearing his cousin's name, will Walker see how much danger his sister is in before it's too late?
The third thrilling instalment in the gripping and bestselling DS Lucas Walker series is full of breathtaking twists and dark turns - for fans of Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker.
Readers are LOVING Opal:
'Another must read author...you can almost feel the heat and dirt' Reader review, 5 stars
'A great story, a great writer and a great setting - what more could a reader want?' Reader review, 5 stars
'Thoroughly entertaining and gripping story that will keep you guessing until close to the end' Reader review, 5 stars
'DS Lucas Walkers series just gets better and better and she's quickly earned a place on my favourite authors list... An excellent read' Reader review, 5 stars
'Strong characters, a carefully constructed plot with unexpected twists and a shocking conclusion... This is a must read and an excellent choice for any book club. 5 stars' Reader review, 5 stars
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Linda Brown
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September 30, 2024
💎A hostile host to handle, a gem to find?😲 4-4.5 stars Opal is a good, Australian-set novel pitting n'eer do wells and murderers In a remote small town against Australian Federal Police officer Luke Walker. This fellow just can't get away from his job, even when he takes a week's vacation to show his American half-sister around his favorite haunts in the Queensland Outback. His relaxing vacation morphs into a frustrating stay in opal mining country investigating some vicious murders.
Lucy Miller
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January 3, 2025
I really enjoy Patricia's writing style the series (Outback, Paradise and Opal) have all been compelling, nostalgic and thoughtful. The disruptions of different parts of Australia hit home and Opal is no different. I always find the twist and the crescendo of her books to be exciting and I'm looking forward to the next one.
About the author
Patricia Wolf has been a journalist for more than 15 years, a regular contributor to titles including The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Independent and The Telegraph, among others. She grew up in outback Australia, in a mining town called Mount Isa in far north-west Queensland - eagle eyed readers will have spotted a small reference to it in her first book, OUTBACK. Patricia loves the rugged beauty, indigo sky and wide horizons of the outback, but left Australia after university to travel the world and became a journalist. She lives in Berlin, Germany, but the outback always calls her home. In 2019, just before the covid pandemic locked us all in, Patricia spent two months in northwest Queensland, taking a four-week road trip. As she drove and spent nights and days surrounded by the beauty and rugged harshness of the outback, DI Lucas Walker and his stories came to be.
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