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The Falls

B. Michael Radburn

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Mar 03, 2021 PattyMacDotComma rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, kindle, arc-done, australian-author, mystery-crime-thriller, aa

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“His old sense of remorse was beginning to creep back in, tightening around his insides like vines on a tree. He countered it with his favourite passage: ‘Evil in the hands of a righteous man is a tool for the greater good’, imprinted on his mind like words etched in stone, their power always easing the regret after each girl left him.”

What a frighteningly Machiavellian concept that is! Isn't that pretty much the same as “The end justifies the means”?

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Jul 28, 2016 Brenda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, read-on-kindle, net-galley, aussie-authors, own-read, thriller, arc, 2016-release

Phew! What a ride! Best thriller I’ve read in a long while!

Aroha and Dylan were high above the canyon in the National Parks in Victoria – they’d hiked from their car and with it still light for a few hours, decided to rappel down into the canyon. They were searching for the elusive Christiana Gold Mine; even though others had searched long and hard, Aroha and Dylan were sure they would be the ones to find it. But arrival at the bottom of the canyon didn’t go to plan and when they saw the body of Phew! What a ride! Best thriller I’ve read in a long while!

Aroha and Dylan were high above the canyon in the National Parks in Victoria – they’d hiked from their car and with it still light for a few hours, decided to rappel down into the canyon. They were searching for the elusive Christiana Gold Mine; even though others had searched long and hard, Aroha and Dylan were sure they would be the ones to find it. But arrival at the bottom of the canyon didn’t go to plan and when they saw the body of a young woman, plus evidence of someone in the vicinity, their first thought was to get out of there as fast as they could.

Sergeant Marsden of The Falls police department was sceptical about bringing National Parks ranger Taylor Bridges into their investigation. But he came with good references and although he’d had personal tragedy in his past Taylor told the Sergeant he would be fine. The raging bushfire across the Park held access up but once they were able and with the help of Gordo, the local helicopter pilot, Marsden and Taylor headed to the canyon. What they found shocked even the hardiest of the police department – the hunt was immediately on for a sadistic and deranged killer.

With Detective Norton brought in to run the investigation, and Constable Blaney doing the grunt work, they formed a good team – but when secrets began emerging from as far back as 1965, Sergeant Marsden knew there was evil linked to what they were uncovering. And the danger was lurking all around them. It was obvious the killer would strike again – he had to be stopped. But at what cost?

The Falls by Aussie author B. Michael Radburn is the second in the Taylor Bridges series and already I can’t wait until the next one, which according to the back of this digital copy, will be called “The Reach”. I discovered I haven’t read the first, The Crossing, which I must rectify very soon. The Falls is filled with incredible tension, brilliant twists and turns as well as heart stopping moments when I found myself holding my breath! Highly recommended.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this digital copy to read in exchange for my honest review.
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