Barren Grounds

The calling card of the killer known as 'The Jeweller' is as elegant as it is gruesome: a pair of ring fingers, separated from their owners, encircled by a band of wire, and delivered directly to Senior Detective Joe Capello. When the Jeweller taunts Joe and his team into meeting him in the diseased grounds of Barren Park, the consequences of that evening will have permanent repercussions for everyone involved. And for Joe, it gets personal Two years later, Joe is off the force, but no less obsessed with the Jeweller and his horrific crimes. When a new parcel arrives at his home, Joe is invited back onto the task force and given the opportunity to redeem himself. But vindication relies on Joe finally capturing The Jeweller and now he has to decide if he's willing to do what it takes - whatever it takes - to finally bring this case to a close.

B. Michael Radburn is an award-winning writer of short stories, novels and screen plays. He is also the founder of Dark Press Publications and the former editor of the Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine. He is the author of Blackwater Moon, The Reach, The Falls, and The Crossing, which is being made into a film by Chris Haywood. He lives in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales with his family. Barren Grounds is his fifth novel.