An Ill Wind, Margaret Hickey (9781761342066) — Readings Books
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An Ill Wind

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The exciting new rural crime novel from the bestselling author of Broken Bay and The Creeper. When a massive wind farm is erected on its outskirts, a small Victorian town is ripped apart in the deadliest of ways.

High on a hill above the small Victorian town of Carrabeen, 300 wind turbines constantly spin.

Except one is now deadly still - a body hanging from its huge white blade.

Detective Sergeants Belinda Burney and Will Lovell are shocked to discover the dead man is Geordie Pritchard, a rich local philanthropist and owner of the wind energy farm.

Suicide at first seems the likely explanation, until Geordie's widow Lucinda insists her husband was murdered - and she has the death threats to prove it.

Certainly the wind farm has ripped the rural town in two. Some welcome the jobs and prosperity it brings, others are enraged by the loss of farming land.

In short, Pritchard was both saint and sinner. But who in the small community hated him enough to want him dead?

'Hickey is a rising talent in the Australian bush noir genre, and her latest offering is a ripper . . . a fabulous novel. FIVE STARS.' Good Reading magazine

'This is a terrific novel with a great plot that reflects a lot of current issues.' Readings

'A solid slice of bush noir.' Canberra Weekly

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Random House Australia
Country
Australia
Date
28 July 2026
Pages
384
ISBN
9781761342066

The exciting new rural crime novel from the bestselling author of Broken Bay and The Creeper. When a massive wind farm is erected on its outskirts, a small Victorian town is ripped apart in the deadliest of ways.

High on a hill above the small Victorian town of Carrabeen, 300 wind turbines constantly spin.

Except one is now deadly still - a body hanging from its huge white blade.

Detective Sergeants Belinda Burney and Will Lovell are shocked to discover the dead man is Geordie Pritchard, a rich local philanthropist and owner of the wind energy farm.

Suicide at first seems the likely explanation, until Geordie's widow Lucinda insists her husband was murdered - and she has the death threats to prove it.

Certainly the wind farm has ripped the rural town in two. Some welcome the jobs and prosperity it brings, others are enraged by the loss of farming land.

In short, Pritchard was both saint and sinner. But who in the small community hated him enough to want him dead?

'Hickey is a rising talent in the Australian bush noir genre, and her latest offering is a ripper . . . a fabulous novel. FIVE STARS.' Good Reading magazine

'This is a terrific novel with a great plot that reflects a lot of current issues.' Readings

'A solid slice of bush noir.' Canberra Weekly

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Random House Australia
Country
Australia
Date
28 July 2026
Pages
384
ISBN
9781761342066