THE DEVIL IN THE RED DIRT
THE TRAGIC TALE A NATION DIVIDED IN LIFE, UNIFIED IN MURDER
by Michael P. Smith
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Pub Date Aug 15 2021 | Archive Date Jan 01 2022
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Description
Australia, 1963. When a sinister series of murders are covered up by the police, two broken detectives step forward to end the injustice. They must contend with their personal demons while navigating a war for control of the city's criminal underworld if they are to bring an end to the Devil in the red dirt, a killer who embodies the spirit of cultural and social cleansing.
If you enjoyed the Australian setting of The Dry by Jane Harper, or dark mystery/thrillers by Jo Nesbo, Lee Child, Gregg Olsen, JM Dalgliesh, LJ Ross, and Damien Boyd. You are going to love this.
*This book features colourful language and several incidents of cold and uncaring characters doing cold and uncaring things. Not for the faint of heart.
Advance Praise
"★★★★★ ""A visceral and gut-wrenching trip into the dark side of a nation""
★★★★★ ""The best of humanity shines when faced with the worst""
★★★★★ ""A significant piece of Australian literature"""
"★★★★★ ""A visceral and gut-wrenching trip into the dark side of a nation""
★★★★★ ""The best of humanity shines when faced with the worst""
★★★★★ ""A significant piece of Australian literature"""
Featured Reviews
John M, Reviewer
My thanks to the Author publisher's and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
This is a seven hundred page debut, an epic story of depravity in all its forms. Set in Australia in the early sixties beautifully written full of quality characterisation, a story with a basic overall theme of addiction in all it's possible aspects, brutal dark harrowing and ugly but also witty and with the occasional laugh out loud moments. In well over fifty years of book reading I cannot recall a more descriptive book, which is at times gut wrenching in its detail. Clever imaginative with plenty of surprising twists along the way. I doubt very much the Australian tourist board would recommend this book, but I certainly do.
Completely and utterly recommended. (
Jayoti M, Reviewer
Major flawed characters.
Dark and sharp bitting narrative with dose of humour and wit.
It is indeed very dark and harrowing to read and is complex commentary on addiction.
The setting of the story is based on the background of australia.
It really messed up my emotions but it was worth it.
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