Scavengers by Robert Hood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A vivid Aussie crime thriller with supernatural elements

Robert Hood is best known as a writer of horror and fantasy and he’s been described as ‘Aussie Horror’s wicked godfather’. But he began his publishing career in crime fiction and also commissioned and co-edited the anthology Crosstown Traffic, which featured a dozen crime stories blended with genres such as Westerns, Romance, Fantasy and Horror. All this is to say, Hood is a steady hand wit...