One of Aaron Falk's childhood friends has been dramatically killed and he must go home for the funeral. Luke's parents had been like family to him when he was younger and they now refuse to believe that Luke killed himself and his family. Can Aaron find out the truth whilst keeping himself safe from his past? 
 My favourite part of this story was definitely the atmospheric setting of the dry Australian outback and how that affects everyone in the rural community. The author's descriptions really bring that awful, parched feeling to life and added that extra dimension of upset and short tempers to the mix. 
 Aaron Falk himself is a very well written character and I felt that I knew him and Luke very well. I'm not so sure about any of the rest of the others really, as they sometimes seemed to be there to flesh out Falk's back story as much as to add to the new case. This is interesting as this appears to be book 1 in a series of novels about Falk but I am not sure how that will transfer to a different setting; I shall look forward to reading the next one in order to find out!