"Outstanding crime novel [...] electrifying." – The Sunday Times, November 2022 Crime Book of the Month

"Adrian Hyland... sure has a way with words... The climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please." – The Times

Canticle Creek is a twisty crime thriller set in small town Australia.

When Adam Lawson's wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s body, the whole town assumes it’s an open and shut case. But Jesse Redpath isn’t from Canticle Creek. Where she comes from, the truth often hides in plain sight, but only if you know where to look. When Jesse starts to ask awkward questions, she uncovers a town full of contradictions and a cast of characters with dark pasts, secrets to hide and even more to lose.

As the temperature soars, and the ground bakes, the wilderness surrounding Canticle Creek becomes a powderkeg waiting to explode. All it needs is one spark.