Length 336 pages
Format softcover
Published 2018
Series Standalone
My Copy provided by the publisher
Retribution is a blue-blooded rural crime novel which envelopes the reader in a dust encrusted film of Australia's outback dirt, complete with all the crime-caused-grit you'd expect from the genre.
Graeme Sweetapple is a farmer who makes his living by stealing cattle and on-selling them. He also puts in some honest labor at the Stratham farm, tending their to horses and later, teaching Caroline, a former politician and wife to mining magnate Bob, how to ride. Who would've thought it would be Sweetapple's law abiding occupation which leads him down a pitch black hole he's unable to climb out of?
Retribution is a well balanced and entertaining crime novel set in the vast outback where horses, water and cattle, are among the most valuable community commodities. Coupled with greed, power, and a thirst for vengeance, the novel turns an unlikely anti-hero into a voice of power and reason through a feel-good narrative and a prolonged form of justice.
My rating: 5/5 stars. Great characters, a distinct Australian rural feel and a compelling plot makes Retribution one of my favorite crime fiction novels of the year. Highly recommend.
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