Michelle Prak — The Rush

Simon & Schuster Australia 2023 Paperback. The Lost Man meets Wolf Creek set amid torrential rain; this is pure propulsive storytelling from a major new voice in crime fiction. The first drops start to fall when Quinn spies the body. With no reception and nothing but an empty road for miles, does she stop to help or keep driving to safety? Back at the iconic country pub where Quinn works, Andrea is sandbagging the place in preparation for heavy rains. Alone with her sleeping son in the back room, she reluctantly lets a biker in to wait out the storm. Out on the wet roads, tensions arise among four backpackers on their way to Darwin. They haven’t prepared for this kind of weather and the flooding isn’t the only threat edging closer … Chilling, tense and twisted, this compulsive thriller will have you racing through the pages to its terrifying climax. (ISBN: 9781761108204). Mint.