Hot Ground

An Australian rural crime thriller

Lisa Ellery

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Fremantle Arts Centre Prs
02 September 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Political & legal thriller; Australian Crime Fiction

For crime fiction fans of Dervla McTiernan and Jane Harper comes an outback police procedural where gold fever takes a deadly turn.

In the middle of the night in a remote part of Western Australia's goldfields, the thud of a mallet on a marker peg sets off a chain reaction that unearths secrets long buried.

Detective Jessy Parkin - sent to policing purgatory in the aftermath of a tainted investigation - is tasked with finding Max Cochrane, a veteran prospector who has vanished into thin air.

What begins with a concerned daughter's plea for help soon burgeons into a mystery as shapeshifting as a desert mirage.

Fortunes are being built on the back of Kalgoorlie's coveted gold, but the truth might be the rarest find of all.

By: Lisa Ellery
Imprint: Fremantle Arts Centre Prs
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781760993191
ISBN 10: 1760993190
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 02 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lisa Ellery studied law and arts at the University of Western Australia before returning to regional WA in 1998 to commence her career as a lawyer in the goldmining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Her debut novel, Private Prosecution, was published by Fremantle Press in 2021, and her second novel, Hot Ground, will be available in 2025. She continues to live in Kalgoorlie and divides her time between the law, running and writing.