A river in crisis. Its people in conflict. A wayward cop, a pesky television crew and a suspicious drowning. These are the main elements in this thoroughly entertaining crime fiction thriller.
Yet there is a deeper message here.
 
By mirroring the plight of Australia’s Murray Darling Basin, the author is highlighting the water security challenges facing this country in the twenty-first century. Will the driest inhabited continent on Earth ever strike a happy balance between end users of its most precious resource? Or is this peaceful nation about to spill blood over water?