'Never never'

Authors: James Patterson and Candice Fox

Publisher: Arrow Books / 2016

Pages: 338pg

Detective Harriet (Harry) Blue needs to get out of town, fast.

With her brother under arrest for a series of brutal murders in Sydney, Harry's chief wants the hot-blooded detective kept far away from the press.

So he assigns her a deadly new case, far away, in the middle of the outback.

Deep in the Western Australia desert, three young people have disappeared from the Bandya Mine.

They might not have been killed at all, they might have just walked out of a dreary job when you consider the heat and the complete lack of any recreation.

There is a tribe of eco-warriors in the vicinity in protest against the operation of the mine. Could the missing persons have crossed over to the other side?

Further investigations show that the people working in the mine have their own personal agenda with the help of hidden weapons.

And there's also a flourishing drugs scene.

But still reeling from events back home and now with a secretive new partner at her side, Harry is not sure who she can trust any more.

And now in this unforgiving land, she has no idea how close she is to a whole new kind of danger.