Join us for a wonderful evening of crime fiction as we welcome bestselling author Matthew Spencer back to The Book Cow to launch his second book, Broke Road.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A late-night phone call is never good news for Homicide Detective Sergeant Rose Riley. This time she's being sent up to the Hunter Valley, where a woman has been found dead in her home.

Rose grew up further along the valley. She knows that for every vineyard and golf course resort visited by tourists to the 'wine country' there are as many dilapidated fibro houses and drug dens, in the shadow of one of the state's largest prisons.

A media hound points the finger at the husband, angering Rose but capturing the attention of journalist turned true crime author Adam Bowman. His book on the 'Blue Moon Killer' made him famous but the case nearly cost Rose her life, and she's not sure how she feels about seeing him again.

Suspects abound, from the grieving husband to sinister business interests and suspicious locals. But when new evidence connects the crime to an old case, Rose realises they have no time to lose. The murderer is ready to strike again.

PRAISE FOR BROKE ROAD

'If you like a good police procedural, you'll love this.' Chris Hammer, author of The Valley

'Enthralling. Matthew Spencer nails it.'
Chris Hammer

'A tightly plotted, fast-moving, beautifully written whodunnit.'
Jane Caro

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Matthew Spencer was a journalist at The Australian for twenty years, with long stints running the Foreign News desk and as Opinion Editor. He has written for newspapers and magazines in Uganda and Kenya and been published in The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Black River, his first novel was published by Allen and Unwin, won the 2023 Inaugural Danger Award for Debut Crime Fiction. Matthew lives in Sydney with his wife, Ritu Gupta, and their three children.