Scrublands, by Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin 2018)

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Neil

I read this twisting turning Australian thriller pretty much in one sitting, which is the best way to keep track of the revelations! It's set in a small town in New South Wales. The local priests kills 5 local parishioners, so right from the beginning the reader knows what has happened, but not why. The journalist-with-a-past sent to the town to find out why finds a lot more than he bargained for. The plot twists and surprises come regularly, but all are convincing, plausible, and add massively to the tension. A superb thriller.