The Valley by Chris Hammer - Book

Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back - and Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught investigation yet.

A controversial entrepreneur is murdered in a remote mountain valley but this is no ordinary case. Ivan and Nell are soon contending with cowboy lawyers, conmen, bullion thieves and grave robbers.

But it's when Nell discovers the victim is a close-blooded relative that the past begins to take on a looming significance.

What did take place in The Valley all those years ago? What was Nell's mother doing there and what was her connection to troubled young police officer Simmons Burnside? And why does the police hierarchy insist Ivan and Nell stay with the case despite an obvious conflict of interest?

The Valley features a page-turning plot, intriguing characters and an evocative sense of place - where nothing is ever quite what it seems. Chris Hammer, the acclaimed author of the international bestsellers Scrublands, Treasure & Dirt, The Tilt and The Seven, presents another immersive and emotionally rewarding thriller.

• Number of pages: 464 pages
• Book cover: Paperback
• The sins of the father, the love of a daughter and the secrets that divide them