Jake Potter calls August on the recommendation of the medical examiner who now works in his village and who used to work with August. He had however been beating his head against an unmovable brick wall and so far without any success till our story began. For many years he is trying to solve the multiple murders of gay men where victims were all left on the scene to make it look as if they committed suicide, only August does not buy it.

August Shaw is a cold case detective in Sydney, who eats, breaths and sleeps his work. I thought it started very strongly and was immersed in the story from the start. I love gay/ m/m mysteries and when a good friend mentioned your work, I decided to check it out. August and Jake must trace the untraceable before the killer takes his next victim or before he stops one of them, permanently.

With Jacob now firmly in August’s corner, they face one hurdle after another, even when more remains are found, they still can’t seem to gain ground.īut when the body of a fellow police officer turns up under the same MO, it can’t be ignored anymore. When human remains are found in the camping grounds at Tallowwood Reserve, Jake’s new case turns out to be linked to August’s cold cases, and Jake agrees they’re not suicides at all. He runs summer camps for the local Indigenous kids, plays rugby with his mates, has a close family, and he’s the local LGBTQIA+ Liaison and the Indigenous Liaison Officer. Senior Constable Jacob Porter loves his life in the small town of Tallowwood in the middle of the rainforests in northern New South Wales. His work is his entire life, and he’s convinced a string of unsolved cold-case suicides are linked to what could be Australia’s worst ever serial killer. Since the death of his boyfriend eight years ago, August works alone, lives alone, is alone - and that’s exactly how he likes it. Sydney detective August Shaw has spent the last decade of work solving cold cases. Sirius Book Reviews / C Reviews Australia / gay mystery / m/m romance / Serial-Killer 3 CommentsĬold cases, murder, lies, and an unimaginable truth.

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