The Cumal Files
The search for multiple missing girls uncovers a nation's darkest secret. A police investigator mystery. Authentic, hard-boiled crime fiction.
by James Keegan
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Pub Date Feb 14 2020 | Archive Date Aug 31 2020
Description
INNOCENCE LOST. LEGACIES DESTROYED. A NATION’S DARKEST SECRET REVEALED…
Forty teenage girls have disappeared from Sydney's streets without a trace, feared abducted, and the whole city is on edge. Disgruntled investigator, Dan Porter, is one of the few cops who seems to care, and when a girl is brutally murdered, her killers dare him to hunt them down.
Porter is joined by Lionel Roberts, an Aboriginal human rights lawyer determined to expose government neglect, and they form the ‘Carinya’ investigation. A mysterious informant directs them to Crooked River, a hot and dusty outback town, and says clues from the past might solve crimes of the present. The Carinya team are given a hostile reception. Questions are answered with threats and blood is spilled. What are the locals, and powerful others, so desperate to hide?
When Carinya probes deeper into the town's history, the crimes uncovered are more sinister than imagined. But to identify those responsible, and rescue the missing girls before more turn up dead, they must first recover historical documents that will reveal a nation’s darkest secret. Documents contained within, The Cumal Files
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780648485629 |
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Featured Reviews
Monika P, Reviewer
Cumal files by James Keegan is an investigative story about girls who are kidnapped off the streets in Sydney, Australia. Our hero is a police investigator Dan Porter who tries to find clues and join the dots to find the reason behind these kidnappings. The story starts off slow, but after a few chapters, the suspense prevails and the author manages to keep the suspense till the end. Its a sad story of what people with power and authority can do. This book made me angry and sad at many times! The language is understandable and the story line is not confusing, but dragged in some parts. Overall a good novel. Cumal files is the first novel in the series, am definitely gonna read the second instalment of the book.
Thank you NetGalley, the author and Sleuth Hound Books for sending a reader’s copy of this book. The review is purely based on my opinion and is not influenced.
