Scrublands

  • Author: Chris Hammer
  • Narrator: Rupert Degas
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 13:17:15
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Synopsis

In this searing, “indisputable page-turner” (Associated Press), a town’s dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest’s unthinkable last act—in the vein of The Dry and Where the Crawdads Sing.

In Riversend, an isolated Australian community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable: he kills five parishioners before being taken down himself.

A year later, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend. His assignment: to report how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of the tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realize that the accepted explanation—a theory established through an award-winning investigation by Martin’s own newspaper—may be wrong.

Just as Martin believes he’s making headway, a shocking new crime rocks the town. As the national media flocks to the scene, Martin finds himself thrown into a whole new mystery.

What was the real reason behind the priest’s shooting spree? And how does it connect to other deaths in the district, if at all? Martin struggles to uncover the town’s dark secrets, putting his job, his mental state, and his very life at risk.

For fans of James Lee Burke, Jane Harper, and Robert Crais, Scrublands is “a gritty debut...sensitively rendered” (The New York Times Book Review) that marks Chris Hammer as a stunning new voice in crime fiction.

Chapters

  • 021 Scrublands Ch19

    Duration: 22min
  • 022 Scrublands Ch20

    Duration: 11min
  • 023 Scrublands Ch21

    Duration: 18min
  • 024 Scrublands Ch22

    Duration: 11min
  • 025 Scrublands Ch23

    Duration: 23min
  • 026 Scrublands Ch24

    Duration: 31min
  • 027 Scrublands Ch25

    Duration: 21min
  • 028 Scrublands Ch26

    Duration: 17min
  • 029 Scrublands Ch27

    Duration: 01h05min
  • 030 Scrublands Ch28

    Duration: 16min
  • 031 Scrublands AuthorsNote

    Duration: 55s
  • 032 Scrublands Credits

    Duration: 48s
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