Bitter Wash Road

A modern western set in an isolated Australian bush town with a soaring crime rate, where a local constable with a troubled past must investigate the death of a teenage girl whose murder threatens to set the dusty streets ablaze.

Constable Paul Hirschhausen—”Hirsch”—is a recently demoted detective sent from Adelaide, Australia’s southernmost booming metropolis, to Tiverton, a one-road town in rustic, backwater “wool and wheat” country three hours north. Hirsch isn’t just a disgraced cop; the internal investigations bureau is still trying to convict him of something, even if it means planting evidence. When someone leaves a pistol cartridge in his mailbox, Hirsch suspects that his career isn't the only thing on the line.
 
But the tiny town of Tiverton has more crime than one lone cop should have to handle. The stagnant economy, rural isolation, and entrenched racism and misogyny mean every case Hirsch investigates is a new basket of snakes. When the body of a 16-year-old local girl is found on the side of the highway, the situation in Tiverton gets even more sinister, and whether or not he finds her killer, there’s going to be hell to pay.


Paperback edition found under the title Bitter Wash Road.

Un vest modern situat intr-un oras izolat australian, cu o rata crescanda a criminalitatii, unde un politist local cu un trecut tulburat trebuie sa investigheze moartea unei adolescente a carei crima ameninta sa aprinda strazile prafuite. este un detectiv recent retrogradat trimis de la Adelaide, cea mai sudica metropola din Australia, la Tiverton, un oras cu un singur drum in tara rustica, „lana si grau”, aflata la trei ore nord.