Murder Town, Shelley Burr
Murder Town, Shelley Burr
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Murder Town
A Novel

Author: Shelley Burr

Narrator: Jacquie Brennan

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 11/05/2024

Synopsis

For fans of Jane Harper and true crime, a dark and gripping thriller set in a small town in the Australian Outback, by the author of the international bestseller WAKE.Gemma Guillory has lived in the Australian Outback enclave of Rainier her entire life. She knows the tiny, red-dust town’s ins and outs by heart, knows the people like they are her family, their quirks as if they were her own.She also knows her once charming town is now remembered for one reason and one reason only: three innocent people died there at the hands of a serial killer. The last stop on the Rainier Ripper’s trail of deaths fifteen years ago was her picturesque little tea shop. She knows that the consequences of catching the Ripper still haunt her policeman husband and their marriage to this day, and some of her neighbors are desperate enough to welcome a dark tourism company keen to cash in on Rainier’s notoriety as the “Murder Town.”When the tour guide is killed by a Ripper copycat on Gemma’s doorstep, the unease that has lurked quietly in the original killer’s wake explodes into the light, and Gemma is drawn into the investigation. Unbeknownst to her, so is a prisoner named Lane Holland, a former private investigator who earned a living cracking cold cases before he ran afoul of the law.Gemma knows her town. She knows her people. Doesn't she?

About Shelley Burr

Shelley Burr is the author of the international bestseller, WAKE. She works at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in Canberra, Australia. She grew up splitting her time between Newcastle and Glenrowan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on January 18, 2025

Stuffed to the brim with red herrings, misdirection, and deftly interwoven subplots, Murder Town had me under its thrall from beginning to end. After all, from the true-to-life small town feel to the dynamic dual POVs, its complex plot and evocative setting came brilliantly to life. Starting off not......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on December 08, 2024

My latest literary visit to the Antipodes proved to be a tricky one. In recent times, I’ve been used to tales set in Outback settings where an isolated group of people are pretty much cut off from what’s going on in the rest of the world. This creates a rather primitive environment where communicati......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 24, 2023

Ripper is another absorbing Australian rural mystery-thriller, and the second book I’ve read in a row set on Wiradjuri country in central southern NSW (view spoiler)[the first was Chris Hammer's The Seven, set further to the west near the real-life locations of Morundah and Coleambally (hide spoiler)] . The fictional town of Raini......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on August 13, 2023

How exciting is Australian crime fiction right now?! Last year I read and loved Wake by Shelley Burr and I was so keen for more. Let me tell you, Ripper absolutely delivered. I could not put it down and devoured it cover to cover on a lazy Sunday at home. Just as in Wake, Ripper is a dark and atmosph......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on November 20, 2024

Australian Author Shelley Burr's sophomore novel, MURDER TOWN, is an intense, highly atmospheric thriller set in Rainer, Australia, a fictional small town whose only claim to fame is a series of horrific murders by the notorious serial killer, the Rainier Ripper, and his subsequent capture. Almost t......more

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