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Devil Mountain
A wickedly dark police procedural with a hint of the supernatural, this crime novel is
Dinuka McKenzie
meets
The Bluffs
.
When Detective Sergeant Anastasia Brown is sent to investigate the strange death of a man found in a small NSW town, she sees it as an opportunity to redeem herself after an unjust suspension.
But it’s far from a simple homicide. The victim, a beloved GP and councilor, is found on a nearby mountain chained to a fence and burned to a crisp, with arcane symbols carved into the soles of his feet – and the boy who found the body saw a ghost lingering in the trees.
As Ana struggles against small-town secrets and high-level misogyny, the truth only grows murkier. Is this a clever killer with a flair for the macabre? Or are the local murmurs of the mountain being haunted more than just folklore??
When Detective Sergeant Anastasia Brown is sent to investigate the strange death of a man found in a small NSW town, she sees it as an opportunity to redeem herself after an unjust suspension.
But it’s far from a simple homicide. The victim, a beloved GP and councilor, is found on a nearby mountain chained to a fence and burned to a crisp, with arcane symbols carved into the soles of his feet – and the boy who found the body saw a ghost lingering in the trees.
As Ana struggles against small-town secrets and high-level misogyny, the truth only grows murkier. Is this a clever killer with a flair for the macabre? Or are the local murmurs of the mountain being haunted more than just folklore??
330 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 26, 2026
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May 30, 2026
Thanks to Affirm Press for my advanced reading copy.
Ana and her new cohort Harry make a great team investigating a grisly murder on Devil Mountain.
Who is good? Who is evil? Can people be both? Good people in bad situations and bad people taking advantage of ‘good’ situations.
This is one of the best debut crime thrillers I have read in a long while.
Ana and her new cohort Harry make a great team investigating a grisly murder on Devil Mountain.
Who is good? Who is evil? Can people be both? Good people in bad situations and bad people taking advantage of ‘good’ situations.
This is one of the best debut crime thrillers I have read in a long while.
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